9-year-old in Malaysia fights off croc who attacked boy on his swim home
KOTA KINABALU - A plucky nine-year-old boy in Malaysia fought off a crocodile that attacked him while he was swimming home in the sea when the tide was high.
“The boy is in stable condition. He received eight stitches to his injured hand,” said Sabah Wildlife Department’s Sandakan assistant officer Mozain Abbas. The boy and his friends had decided to swim back to their seaside stilt houses as there was a high tide. Their journey was interrupted by the crocodile’s emergence.
Crocodile attacks have been increasing in east Malaysian state Sabah’s east coast rivers in Beluran and Lahad Datu, among others.on Sumangat Payau island in Sandakan.
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