Again, there has been a deadly crocodile attack on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. An 80-year-old fell victim to the reptile.
After he had cut the grass in his garden, the man wanted to reward himself in shallow water in the way Semaka River describes the local authorities in the south of the island with a bathroom. The ownership of the 80 -year -old was destined for this -it is directly adjacent to the river.
“A witness saw how he left his clothes on the river bank and noticed a crocodile that was suspicious in the water,” said the responsible police chief of the Antara press agency. An hour later the reptile appeared again – with the body of the man in the mouth. The animal had grown the body about 200 meters with it, the newspaper reported “Compas”.
Village dwellers would have thrown the animal with stones so that it released its prey:
“The crocodile finally let go of his victim, but the man was already dead when he was recovered,” the police continued and warned the residents of the river extremely carefully. It is a popular habitat of crocodiles.
Indonesia keeps the world record
It was not until May that a man died in Sumatra in a crocodile attack in a channel. Between 2015 and 2024, 1167 people in Indonesia were attacked by crocodiles, according to the Crocattack organization, much more than in any other country on earth. 556 of these attacks ended fatally.
Various crocodile species in the world’s largest island state of Indonesia are at home, but most conflicts are called salt -water crocodile with the inguinal crocodile (Crocodyylus Porosus). The species is the largest and most dangerous crocodile type and spread throughout Southeast Asia and Australia.
Source: Krone
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