4-meter crocodile that killed Australian child shot dead

CANBERRA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Authorities have shot dead a crocodile that killed a child in Australia's Northern Territory (NT).

NT Police on Wednesday confirmed that the 4.2-meter saltwater crocodile that attacked a 12-year-old girl earlier in July has been located and destroyed.

The girl was swimming with family in a creek near the small remote town of Palumpa - more than 200 kilometers southwest of Dar