Police in the Northern Territory have put down a crocodile believed to have killed a fisherman.
Police have put down a crocodile believed to be responsible for the death of a 57-year-old fisherman on the Northern Territory’s Adelaide River.
The fisherman was attacked on the banks of the river yesterday in front of his horrified wife and other bystanders at a popular tourist spot about 60km south of Darwin.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the victim’s wife did not see the moment he was taken, but heard him scream and turned to see a crocodile tail splashing in the water.
She was treated for shock and returned to her Darwin home after the attack.
The incident took place just metres from one of the popular crocodile cruise tours that take tourists along the Adelaide River.
He was apparently trying to retrieve a fishing hook as the crocodile struck.
The man’s wife called police at about 5.30pm yesterday.
Police dragged a 4.5m crocodile out of the water before recovering a man’s body from the bank at about 9.30pm.
9NEWS footage shows police retrieve the crocodile and shoot it dead.
The owner of the nearby crocodile cruises tour business helped police with the search.
While the recovered body has not yet been formally identified as the fisherman, it is likely this will become the fourth fatal crocodile attack in the Northern Territory in the past 18 months.
source: 9news.com.au
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