Horrifying footage captures the moment a crocodile carries a schoolboy’s body away in its jaws after attacking him while he fished on a riverbank in Indonesia.
Muhammad Nur Akbar, 15, was with his friends at the Santan Ulu River in East Kalimantan on Tuesday when the beast snatched him.
Despite warnings from his classmates, Muhammad dipped his feet to wash in the murky brown waters, only for a crocodile to surge forward and sink its large fangs into his thigh.
The teenager screamed for help as his friends raced over and grabbed his shirt in a desperate tug-of-war with the bloodthirsty reptile.
However, they were overpowered, with the beast dragging Muhammad away into the depths.
Rescue teams were notified of the deadly attack. They arrived at the scene, where they found the predator still holding the boy’s motionless corpse.
Gruesome footage shows the reptile clutching the lifeless teen as it glides upstream near the river’s edge.
Fida Hurasani, head of the Kutai Kartanegara Regency Fire and Rescue Department, said: ‘The incident occurred during the day.
A schoolboy was killed by a crocodile while he was fishing on a riverbank in Indonesia. Despite warnings from his classmates, Muhammad Nur Akbar dipped his feet to wash in the murky brown waters, only for a crocodile to surge forward and sink its large fangs into his thigh
Muhammad screamed for help as his friends raced over and grabbed his shirt in a desperate tug-of-war with the croc
However, they were overpowered, with the beast dragging Muhammad away into the depths
Muhammad Nur Akbar (pictured) was with his friends at the Santan Ulu River in East Kalimantan on Tuesday
‘Residents immediately reported it to officers, including the police, and a search was launched immediately.
‘During the evacuation process, the crocodile was shot to release the boy’s leg. We managed to bring the body to the surface shortly afterwards.’
Authorities said Muhammad’s body was successfully collected at 11:50 pm local time. His condition was described as ‘horrific’, with severe injuries to his right leg and thigh.
His remains were handed over to his family for burial.
Village head Heri Budianto said the last deadly crocodile attack in the area occurred in 2015.
Local authorities have banned residents from fishing in the river to prevent further casualties.
The Indonesian archipelago is home to 14 types of crocs, with a large population of extremely large and violent estuarine crocodiles that flourish in the region’s climate.
Conservationists believe that crocodiles have been driven further inland closer to villages due to overfishing reducing the crocodiles’ natural food supplies combined with habitat loss from the development of coastal areas into farms.
Widespread tin mining has also caused villagers to encroach on the crocodiles’ natural habitats, pushing the creatures closer toward people’s homes.
Gruesome footage shows the reptile clutching the lifeless teen as it glides upstream near the river’s edge
Authorities said Muhammad’s body was successfully collected at 11:50 pm local time. His condition was described as ‘horrific’, with severe injuries to his right leg and thigh
Village head Heri Budianto said the last deadly crocodile attack in the area occurred in 2015
With uneducated locals in the developing country still using rivers for bathing and primitive fishing, the deadly combination of factors has led to rising numbers of crocodile attacks.
The tragedy comes just days after an Indonesian grandfather was mauled to death by a crocodile and dragged around in the beast’s jaws in front of terrified villagers.
Footage shows the 10ft crocodile swimming away with the 80-year-old man, named only as Wasim, in its mouth as onlookers armed with sticks bravely chased it from the banks of the Semaka River in Lampung on June 30.
The reptile was said to have violently attacked Wasim as he bathed in the river near his home in the Tanggamus Regency in southern Indonesia.
The elderly man was unable to shout for help as the croc yanked him under the surface.
A villager found Wasim’s clothes on the riverbank and gathered other locals to look for him, when they suddenly spotted the man being dragged by the crocodile in the water.
Fearless residents then rushed into the shallow river with sticks, as footage shows them frantically battering the beast.
Semaka Police Chief AKP Sutarto said: ‘The victim was found within an hour or at 13.00 WIB, after the crocodile emerged carrying him in its mouth.
‘After being struck several times, the crocodile finally released the victim’s body. But when recovered, he was already in a lifeless state.’
Wasim’s son-in-law Samugi said: ‘It was just a normal day for us. We didn’t expect it to end tragically like this.’
The police chief added that Wasim had suffered jagged wounds on his back and shoulders.
Cops have urged residents to be more careful when carrying out activities in the river to prevent similar attacks from occurring.
