AMBON, Indonesia: A crocodile killed a woman bathing in a river in eastern Indonesia, police and locals said on Wednesday (Aug 21), with villagers later recovering parts of her body from the slaughtered animal. Indonesia is home to several species of crocodiles that regularly attack and kill humans.
AMBON, Indonesia : A crocodile killed a woman bathing in a river in eastern Indonesia , police and locals said on Wednesday , with villagers later recovering parts of her body from the slaughtered animal.Halima Rahakbauw, 54, was swimming in a river in Wali village on the Maluku islands after spending Tuesday morning looking for clams when the reptile struck.
After spotting a sandal and a body part in the river, villagers reported the incident to police who killed the reptile. On Sunday, a 63-year-old tin miner was killed by a crocodile near a river on Bangka island in Sumatra.
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