Fijian killed by his own catch

Fijian killed by his own catch

SUVA (Reuter): A Fijian fisherman choked to death when he tried to kill his catch in the traditional way by biting its head off, police in Suva said yesterday.

Sergeant Josese Lako said the head of the fish slipped and lodged in 50-year-old Samueal Taoba's throat during a spearfishing trip on Saturday.

Taoba, from a village in the north of Fiji's second largest island Vanua Levu, died within minutes despite attempts by another fisherman to pull the head out of his mouth.

Such deaths are not uncommon in the South Pacific.