Danger from the deep: The jaw of the needlefish after surgery to remove it at a hospital in Makassar, southeast Sulawesi. — The Jakarta Post/ANN
JAKARTA: While out fishing on Saturday night in waters just 5km from his home in Wakinamboro village, South Buton, Southeast Sulawesi, 16-year-old Muhammad Idul was impaled in the neck by a needlefish.
Living in the village on Siompu Island, Muhammad and his school friend Sardi are used to night fishing. Each of them was sailing a small boat, and they were already 500m away from the coast when the unexpected happened.
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