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A hippo overturned a boat carrying 14 passengers on the Sassandra River in the Ivory Coast on Sept. 5

Eleven people are missing following the incident, including women and children

Authorities confirmed that three other people survived the tragedy

Children and a baby are among the 11 who remain missing after a boat capsized.

A hippo overturned the boat carrying 14 passengers on the Sassandra River in Buyo in the Ivory Coast on the morning of Friday, Sept. 5, the nation’s Minister of Cohesion and Solidarity, Myss Belmonde Dogo, said in a statement shared on Facebook.

“It is with deep sorrow that we learned that 11 people, including women, girls and an infant, have gone missing following a boat capsized caused by a hippo,” Dogo wrote.

Revealing that three people survive

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