Woman snatched by croc during clam hunt

LUNDU: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been launched at Sungai Kampung Rayu after an elderly woman is feared to have been devoured by a crocodile while searching for clams yesterday (Apr 17). The victim, identified as 76-year-old Minu Khien, was reported to have gone to the river with her 54-year-old daughter to gather […]

SAR for missing teen

TANJUNG MANIS: A search and rescue (SAR) operation is underway for a 14-year-old boy who has gone missing in what is suspected to be a crocodile attack in a river at Rumah Dadat last Sunday. In the second day of the search, the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) informed that the SAR team continued […]

Wife has premonition about husband

PUSA: Jamie Taha, 54, felt uneasy the whole day on July 2. That was the day her husband, Sarkawi Talip, 61, went to collect sago stems in Sungai Undai and never returned. Hours later, she was shocked to learn that he had been attacked by a crocodile in the river and was missing. “All day […]

Search for croc victim still on

PUSA: The search is still on for a 61-year-old man who was believed to be attacked by a crocodile at Sungai Undey on Thursday. In the second day of the search and rescue (SAR) operation yesterday, the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) conducted a search radius of 1km from where the victim was attacked. […]

Search on for victim

PUSA: Betong firefighters, police personnel and villagers are searching for a missing 61-year-old man from Kampung Tampan Pusa. Sarkawi Talip was attacked by a crocodile while collecting rumbia stems at Sungai Undey yesterday afternoon. “The incident happened when the victim was alone and tying the rumbia stems by the riverbank. “One of three friends who […]

Remains of a missing ‘Croc-attack’ victim found

KUCHING: The remains of a man who was reported missing after being attacked by a crocodile three days ago in a river near Kampung Tanjung Bijat, Sri Aman, about 220km from here, was found by villagers at about 7.30 am today. Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department assistant director, Tiong Ling Hii said the victim, identified […]

Body parts of crocodile attack victim found

SARIKEI: A search and rescue (SAR) team found the body parts and internal organs of a man feared to be the victim of a crocodile attack in the Mekam-Sare River in Jaka, here. The second day of the SAR operation yesterday found several parts of the victim’s body and internal organs. The victim, Lingai Rabong, […]

Body parts of croc attack victim found

LUNDU: Body parts belonging to a missing 37-year-old man believed to have been attacked by a crocodile were found on Saturday. According to Lundu Fire and Rescue Station chief PPgB Putra Ila, the victim, identified as Fairus Latip, was reported missing at Jalan Kampung Sempadi here on Friday around 11.30am. “Around 7am the next day […]

Croc eats man

MIRI: An Indonesian man died after he was attacked by a crocodile in Niah near here recently. His body parts were recovered on Tuesday morning inside a ditch in Sungai Telong, Niah. Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah when contacted, confirmed that the body parts belonged to Asbullah Daeng Situju, 37who was an estate […]