Passage: According to the guard, Abdi Aziz Diba, two men carrying a gun and a machete approached Root's home before midnight in an attempt to rob the daughter of coffee farmer and photo safari guide Edmund Thorpe of 57,500 US dollars (43,600 euros). Root was well known for her conservation efforts and kept several species of animals, including waterbucks, dik diks and birds, on her compound where hippos were known to gather, residents said.
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