Croc shot dead in Lahad Datu with victim's body still in its jaws

Firemen, the police and wildlife authorities with the 15ft-long crocodile after it was shot dead.

KOTA KINABALU: Wildlife officers shot dead a 15ft-long crocodile that killed a plantation worker in the East coast Lahad Datu district on Thursday (Sept 12).

The remains of the victim, identified as Rusdi Tambah, were still in the reptile’s jaws when it was shot at Sungai Matamba, off Jalan Silabukan.