Fisherman’s body discovered inside massive crocodile in Tawau
The search for an elderly fisherman, Addi Bangsa, 60, who had gone missing and was suspected to have been attacked by a crocodile in Sungai Kampung Mas-Mas Nasib Kita, Tawau, concluded today (July 23). Authorities found the man’s remains inside the stomach of a giant crocodile. Tawau’s Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) chief Jemishin Ujin […]
Lubok Mulong’s boy allegedly eaten by croc
MIRI: The torso of the 13-year-old boy who was reported missing on Wednesday (May 31) was found by the villagers at 8.25am yesterday (June 2). State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), in a statement, said the victim, Augustine Ujang Stewart, who went missing while bathing at the riverbank of Lubuk Mulong, Tinjar Baram, was found about […]
Elderly man fatally attacked by 40 crocodiles in farm enclosure
SIEM REAP: An elderly man tragically lost his life when he was viciously attacked by around 40 crocodiles in a crocodile farm. The 72-year-old gentleman accidentally fell into the enclosure while trying to relocate a crocodile that was nesting. According to reports from AFP, the crocodile fiercely lunged at the wooden implement he was using, […]
Croc devours man in fatal attack
MUKAH: A 58-year old man was believed to have been attacked and devoured by a crocodile in Batang Oya when he was out fishing for prawns. Captain (PA) Zuriza Sharkawi from the Malaysia Civil Defencee Force here said the team received an emergency call at around 11.34 pm on Friday (May 5). He said a […]
11-year-old girl killed by croc in Namibia
WINDHOEK (Namibia): An 11-year-old girl was killed by a crocodile on the Kavango River in the area of Shikoro village, Ndiyona Constituency of Kavango East Region, while fetching water from the river, an official confirmed Wednesday. The incident occurred on April 1, Romeo Muyunda, spokesperson for the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, said in […]
Elderly man attacked by croc while taking ablution
KUALA TERENGGANU: A man faced a horrifying moment when a crocodile appeared out of nowhere and bit his right hand in a swampy area near Padang Papan in Manir, near here, on Friday evening. Che Man Zakaria, 61, who works as an inland fisherman, said in the 7.25pm incident that he was taking ablution using […]
Search and rescue operations reactivated to find foreigner believed to be attacked by crocodile
BINTULU: Authorities here have reactivated a search and rescue (SAR) operation to locate a foreign man believed to have been attacked by a crocodile in Semba River on Sept 18. A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the operation was reactivated at the request of the Consulate General of the Republic of […]
SAR called off for missing man
BINTULU: The sixth day of the search for missing Indonesian man in Kampung Buaya, Sungai Semba in Samalaju came to an end with no leads. The missing man has yet to be found by search and rescue (SAR) teams during the operations which started at 9.50am this morning. Hermanto, 36, the victim, was reported missing […]
It happened in the blink of an eye, says croc attack witness
BINTULU: A fisherman could only watch as his friend was snatched and dragged into Sungai Semba by a crocodile late last night. Prior to the incident, the victim, believed to be an Indonesian in his 40s, was fishing with his friend by the river bank along Jalan Pesisir Pantai Bintulu-Miri. According to the victim’s friend, […]
Possible reasons behind croc-human conflict in Sabah
KOTA KINABALU: Loss of habitat and lack of large preys on which large crocodiles feed are probably among the reasons why crocodile attacks might have increased in Sabah. Prof Benoit Goossens, a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Special Survival Commission said while killing a few crocodiles in an area could […]
