Boy presumed useless after second crocodile assault in 2 weeks on Indonesia’s Borneo island

A boy is lacking on Indonesia’s Borneo island after he was attacked by a crocodile, police stated on Thursday, the second such assault within the space in two weeks.

Indonesia is dwelling to a number of species of crocodiles that commonly assault and kill people.

The ten-year-old boy jumped right into a river in West Kalimantan province on Borneo, one of many world’s most biodiverse islands, on Tuesday, when a 13-foot-long crocodile attacked him, in accordance with a pal.

“His pal witnessed the crocodile resurface, maul the sufferer’s physique and drag it into the present,” native police chief Rachmatul Isani Fachri stated in an announcement.

The pal alerted the boy’s father, who looked for his son’s physique within the river utilizing a speedboat, however he stays lacking.

“Presently the search and rescue group and native individuals are nonetheless trying to find the sufferer. Please pray so he can be discovered quickly,” Rachmatul stated.

One other boy went lacking in the identical village after a crocodile attacked him whereas bathing, in accordance with his uncle who witnessed the assault, police stated on February 7.

The seek for six-year-old Cristian Ricardo ended after seven days and he’s now presumed useless.

Borneo is cut up between Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia and is dwelling to huge tracts of jungle internet hosting all kinds of uncommon animals, together with saltwater crocodiles.

A crocodile attacked and killed a girl in December as she labored on a palm oil plantation in the identical province of Borneo, along with her physique later recovered.

In August, a crocodile killed a 54-year-old girl as she bathed in a river on Indonesia’s Maluku islands. That very same month, a 63-year-old tin miner was killed by a crocodile close to a river on Bangka island in Sumatra.

Indonesia has additionally seen a number of lethal python assaults in latest months. Final August, a girl was discovered useless by her daughter after being attacked by a python in central Indonesia.

In July, a girl was discovered useless contained in the stomach of a snake after it swallowed her complete in Siteba village, in South Sulawesi province.

The month earlier than that, a girl was discovered useless contained in the stomach of a reticulated python in one other district of South Sulawesi.