Njombe man-eaters

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The Njombe man-eaters were one or more prides of lions responsible for a prolonged series of attacks on people in the Njombe District of southern Tanganyika Territory, now part of Tanzania, between approximately 1932 and 1947. The lions have been described as the most prolific group of man-eating lions recorded, although the number of victims is uncertain. Later accounts have attributed as many as 1,500 deaths to the lions. This figure cannot be verified from complete contemporary records and is generally presented as a maximum estimate. More cautious descriptions state that the lions killed hundreds of people over a period of about 15 years.

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