Shocking Discovery: Missing woman found inside crocodile’s belly
A crocodile killed a woman bathing in a river in eastern Indonesia, police and locals said Wednesday, 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.
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.
Rahakbauw’s neighbour, Rustam Ilyas, said relatives and friends started a search when she failed to return home.
The shocking discovery of a body part in the river made the villagers alert the police who found and killed the reptile.
“The villagers had to cut open the crocodile’s belly to remove some of the victim’s body parts,” a local police officer, who spoke in anonymity told AFP Wednesday.
“The crocodile was quite big, around four metres (12 feet)long,” neighbour Ilyas told AFP.
Neither the police nor villagers could identify the species.