A morning’s fishing off the coast of Lahad Datu in Sabah, Malaysia ended in tragedy for a family of villagers when a one-year-old boy was eaten alive and his father badly injured by a crocodilewho attacked them while the family was rowing on a river.
The creature was snatched from their canoe by the beast while the pair were fishing off the coast of Lahad Datu in Sabah, Malaysia on Friday, December 1.
The desperate father tried to defend himself from the reptile, which also attacked him, but he couldn’t do much. reached the shore
with multiple bites, mostly with a large head wound.
Villagers rescued his father, a Palauh tribesman in his 40s, but the crocodile had already dragged his son into the depths, the report said. Mirror.
The most terrifying images were experienced later when the crocodile emerged with the boy’s body in the mouth to fall back into the water with the corpse.
Sumsoa Rashid, head of the Lahad Datu Fire and Rescue Agency, said: “The father suffered serious head and body injuries. His son is still missing and search operations are ongoing.” The father was taken to Lahad Datu Hospital for medical treatment.
According to Malaysian media, the Royal Police and Maritime Police have joined local firefighters in searching for the boy’s body.
Authorities have also warned villagers living along the stretch of the river to stay away from water due to the threat of repeated crocodile attacks.
And this many villagers living in the area depend on the river for their foodso they need to fish to make a living.
“We are warning them of the additional dangers at this time and to be especially careful as the alligator is likely still in the area.”
a constant danger
The mirror reported another crocodile attack last month where They found the remains of a baby eaten by a crocodile. while his horrified parents had to recognize the remains of their son in the belly of the beast.
The couple, their five children and brothers were visiting the area on a fishing trip when tragedy struck on Oct. 30.
A few days after the attack, the hair and bones belonging to the child were found.
A relative said he saw a big crocodile attacks the boy before they dragged him under water.
The victim was in the knee-deep water in the river when the huge reptile attacked him.
Parents Julio Otero and Margini Fernández Flores watched in horror as their son was dragged out of sight, never to be seen again.
The victim’s father said: “The hardest thing for my wife was watching the crocodile fly away with my son’s body.”
An anonymous witness said: “He shook him and pulled his head off. Then he grabbed him again and dragged him down,” he recalls. Mirror.
Source: Clarin
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