Cops Fear 12-Year-Old Taken by Crocodile While Swimming
Australian police have launched a search for a missing 12-year-old after reports the child was attacked and taken by a crocodile while swimming.
ABC News reported that the incident took place on Tuesday evening at about 5:30 p.m. local time in the remote community of Palumpa—about a seven-hour drive southwest of Darwin in the Northern Territory.
“Initial reports stated the child had been attacked by a crocodile,” NT Police said in a statement on Wednesday morning.