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DARWIN (Australia) – A gamekeeper was arrested by a crocodile on Friday in the Northern Territory (Australia).
The indigenous woman was attacked in an isolated location 206 kilometers southwest of the Yirrkala indigenous community, said NT WorkSafe. The job security supervisor said in a statement that he was investigating.
Police were traveling by boat and by road to the area of attack, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corp. The body of the woman has not been found yet.
The last deadly attack on a crocodile in Australia dates back to last October. Anne Cameron, a 79-year-old patient with dementia, was killed after wandering in a retirement home in Port Douglas in the state of Queensland.
Crocodiles have been a protected species in Australia since the 1970s, resulting in an explosion of their population in the tropical north of the country. As saltwater crocodiles can live up to 70 years and grow throughout their life – up to 7 meters (23 feet) long – the proportion of large crocodiles also increases.
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