SAR team searches for body of croc attack victim in Lundu
LUNDU: A search and rescue (SAR) operation was initiated today in Kampung Kangka, Jalan Sempadi, for the body of a man reported missing and believed to have been attacked by a crocodile. According to Lundu police chief DSP Damataries Lautin, the victim, identified as 56-year-old Sebarang Bingkok, was reported missing yesterday. A family member of […]
Croc attacked feared after woman disappears
MIRI: A search and Rescue (SAR) operation is underway for a 43-year-old local woman believed to have been attacked by a crocodile while fishing with her parents at Telong River in Batu Niah on Wednesday. The parents who saw her disappearing into the waters around noon immediately called up Bomba for assistance. “Four firemen were […]
Rescuers recover body of croc-attack victim
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Rescuers have recovered the body of a croc-attack victim in a river at Kampung Naie Lama, here this afternoon (May 27), some 26 hours after the incident. State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said the body of Allistar Rabanie, 30, was discovered at 1.58pm about one kilometre away from the search […]
Body of bathing woman who disappears after croc attack recovered
MIRI: Rescuers have recovered the body of a woman who was reportedly attacked by a crocodile at Sungai Peking, Tinjar Bakong last Friday. The victim, Runyan Tempan, 38, fondly known as ‘Bini Mawat’, was found floating about 100 metres from Rumah Mathis Depa’s longhouse jetty, Sungai Peking Tinjar Bakong at 10.30am this morning. Runyan reportedly […]
Bathing woman disappears after croc attack
MIRI: Another case of human-wildlife conflict. A woman is said to have been attacked by a crocodile while bathing in Sungai Peking, Tinjar Bakong here today (April 2). And the authorities wasted no time in launching a search and rescue (SAR) operation. A spokeman for the State Fire Depatment operations centre said firemen from Lopeng station were deployed to the scene following a distress call around 12.30pm. “According to the caller, the woman in her 30s, was said to be bathing with her child in the river. “As her child went ashore to take a bucket, residents around the area saw the victim attacked by a crocodile,” the spokesperson said. As at press time, rescuers were still searching for the victim.
Croc attack victim’s family to receive aid
OYA: The family of a victim of a recent crocodile attack here is expected to receive RM20,000 from Tabung Amanah Serangan Binatang Buas. This was announced by Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah when she visited Julia Jaidil, 40 and her four children aged between three to 12 […]
Two 10-foot long crocs caught
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Two crocodiles were captured by the Samarahan Crocodile Hunters team at the Muara Tuang old ferry port this morning. Muara Tuang assemblyman and the team’s patron Datuk Idris Buang said the reptiles were caught using hooks and baits which were set up on Sunday night (Jan 18). “This morning, they went to check […]
Daughter yearns for father’s return
KUCHING: “Mum, why did that animal (crocodile) take my father?” This was the haunting question posed to Manisa Musa by her daughter following the disappearance of husband and father Azyan Azhar after he was attacked by a crocodile in Sungai Meranek here. According to Manisa, a housewife, she received the tragic news of her husband’s […]
Wrong crocodiles, says anguished father of victim
BY BARINA NANI KOTA SAMARAHAN: The crocodiles hauled up to the Muara Tuang ferry point yesterday are “not the ones that grabbed my son Atan,” said Azhar Razali. Azhar, 55, added that he was still reeling from the loss of his son Azyan, known lovingly as Atan, having witnessed up close the tragedy. Atan was […]
Missing teen found dead without several body parts
BINTULU: The body of a 14-year-old boy, believed to have been attacked by a crocodile in Sungai Kuala Tatau, has been found. The body, minus the right hand and several other parts, was discovered around 12.20am early this morning. The victim, identified as Affanirul Abdullah, was located about 400m from the location where he disappeared […]
