Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: 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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