Crocodile overturns canoe, attacks man

Mon, 01 Dec 1997, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: A crocodile bit off the right leg
of a hunter in the jungles of East Kalimantan, Antara said
Saturday.

Villagers had been hunting the crocodile for five days after
it killed 14-year-old Muchtar on the bank of a tributary of the
Kayan River on Nov. 20.

A group of traditional crocodile hunters went in search of the
animal on Thursday.

Idris was in a canoe with two other hunters in Muara Lubuk
Pengantin when the animal overturned the canoe.

It attacked Idris and bit off his leg before the man could
swim ashore. The other two hunters were not injured.

The incident took place not far from the spot where Muchtar
was killed.

"We will not stop the hunt, even if it takes more than one
month," Bulungan Police chief Muhammad Hidayat said. (swe)

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