Indonesia villagers slaughter 292 crocodiles
West Papua (Indonesia), July 16 : Hundreds of crocodiles in Indonesia were slaughtered in a retaliatory attack by locals after a villager was killed by one of the reptiles, officials said on Monday.
The 48-year-old victim was killed by the reptiles after falling into the crocodile's enclosure at a breeding farm in Sorong regency in West Papua on Friday, reports Xinhua news agency.
Following the funeral, villagers armed with various sharp objects, including shovels and hammers, killed all 292 crocodiles they found at the farm, the head of the provincial conservation agency Basar Manullang said in a statement.
Photos released by EPA on Monday show local residents standing over the carcasses of the slain reptiles.
The crocodile is a protected species in the country and their killing is prohibited by law and is punishable by imprisonment or fines.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
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