Rescuers locate croc attack victim, only to see reptile escape with body


The search for an estate worker who was attacked by a crocodile in Semporna.

KOTA KINABALU: A crocodile has been seen plunging back into a river with its victim, just as search and rescue workers were retrieving the man;s remains in Sungai Pagagau in the Semporna district.

Semporna district police chief Supt Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah said that search teams spotted the body of the 36-year-old man in the river but as they approached, the crocodile disappeared with the victim.

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