A 10-year-old boy has been killed by a crocodile while fishing at a local river.
Muhammad Ramadani was with his dad, Suswanto, when he was attacked.
The young lad was washing his hands in the water when the croc pounced.
His father said afterwards that he believes he saw it before the attack, but thought it was a tree stump in the murky water.
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Tragic Muhammad was dragged 10 metres upstream in West Kotawaringin Regency on the island of Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Suswanto, 41, immediately informed other community members to carry out a search for his son’s body.
The victim’s neighbour, named Bima, said: “The victim was fishing with his father.
“After that, they were doing cleaning activities or washing their hands, but unfortunately the victim was suddenly attacked by a crocodile.
“Then the boy was taken upstream by the crocodile, and about 10 metres along the river, the child was drowned.”
The authorities also assisted villagers with the search on Saturday (10 Feb).
Local government spokesperson, Heru Kristanto, said it took around five hours to find the lad’s body.
He stated: “The victim was found about two metres from the incident location, the initial point where the victim was attacked.
“After being found, we carried out an evacuation and then handed the victim over to his family.”
Video footage shows the moment they find the boy’s body in the river and carefully lift it onto their boat.
The crocodile then appears and locals fire a flurry of bullets into the water.
One local commented: “The crocodile must be hunted before it preys on others.”
Another said: “Be careful, children and adults, if you go to a river where there are crocodiles.”
“Thank God his body was found,” wrote someone else.
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