Schoolboy's headless body found after being snatched by crocodile in front of pals

Denis Rodi, 10, and his friends were playing successful the shallows of Sinakut Beach successful Lahad Datu town, Sabah, erstwhile a ample saltwater crocodile snatched him successful beforehand of the youngsters

A schoolboy's headless assemblage was recovered washed up aft helium was snatched by a crocodile in beforehand of his horrified friends.

Denis Rodi, 10, and his friends were playing successful the shallows of Sinakut Beach successful Lahad Datu town, Sabah, Malaysia, erstwhile a ample saltwater crocodile snatched him successful beforehand of the youngsters aboriginal greeting connected October 13.

Lahad Datu District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Dzulbaharin Ismail, said: "Immediate hunt and rescue efforts were made by household members and villagers but they failed to find him. The boy's stepfather past lodged a study astatine the Desa Kencana Police Station to question help.'

Four officers were dispatched to assistance successful the search. However, the schoolboy's dismembered corpse aboriginal washed ashore immoderate astatine astir 9:26 americium immoderate 600 metres from wherever helium disappeared.

Denis was said to beryllium missing his close manus and his head. Wildlife Officer Silvester Saimin said Denis's household had arrived to sojourn relatives.

He said: 'At astir 7 am, the children aged betwixt 5 and 10 were taken by their aunts to bathe connected the beach. The victim, who was successful the mediate of the radical of children, was mauled by a crocodile and dragged into the water.'

The boy's assemblage was taken to the Lahad Datu Hospital.

On September 18, Malaysian schoolgirl Cicilia Julan Intik, 6, was dragged distant by a crocodile portion bathing successful a stream connected Bintulu Island. She was splashing astir with her household adjacent erstwhile the predator snapped her up and pulled her deeper into the water.

Wildlife officers said they person recovered what are believed to beryllium the youngster's remains - including teeth and bones - wrong a croc caught from the stream connected September 27.

Crocodile attacks successful Malaysia, particularly successful the states of Sarawak and Sabah, hap chiefly successful rivers and coastal areas wherever saltwater crocodiles are prevalent.

These attacks often impact fishermen, villagers, oregon tourists adjacent crocodile habitats. Due to the rising human-wildlife conflict, the authorities has implemented measures similar consciousness campaigns and occasional culling to negociate the crocodile colonisation and trim attacks.