Indonesian girl killed by a crocodile in the river

The body of an eight-year-old girl who was eaten by a crocodile on Indonesia’s Buru island two days earlier was found on Friday, an official said.

Suci Ramadhani was bathing with her friends on Wednesday when she was attacked by the crocodile in a river in Teluk Kayeli district, said Oros Rahmad Namlea, a search and rescue official in the city of Ambion.

Locals managed to stab the crocodile with a spear with the girl still in its mouth, but when they cut its stomach open, her body was not found, he said.

The remains of the victim were found in the early hours of Friday.

“The river is known to be infested with saltwater crocodiles,” he said.

“At least two crocodile attacks have occurred in the past 10years.”