Young Indonesian girl killed by crocodile while bathing in river


JAKARTA, Oct 15 (dpa): The body of an eight-year-old girl who was eaten by a crocodile on Indonesia's Buru island two days earlier was found on Friday, an official said.

Suci Ramadhani was bathing with her friends on Wednesday when she was attacked by the crocodile in a river in Teluk Kayeli district, said Korpos Rahmad Namlea, a search and rescue official in the city of Ambon.

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