Furious crocodile lunges at woman, drags her to river in India's Odisha village


- Illustrative photo: SNS

NEW DELHI: A furious saltwater crocodile lunged at a 37-year-old woman and dragged her into the river water in a village in Odisha’s Kendrapara district in the latest human attack by crocodiles on humans.

The crocodile attacked Laxmi Dalei at the Gobari riverbed near Benakanda village under the Mahakalpada forest range on Friday (Sept 19) noon, while the victim, a traditional fisherwoman, was catching fish.

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