British snorkeller was killed by croc.A POST-mortem examination has confirmed that a British mine worker was killed in a crocodile attack Crocodile attacks of people are not uncommon in places where crocodiles are native. Out of all wild predators who attack humans for food, the Saltwater and Nile Crocodiles are the most prolific and dangerous. on a remote island off the coast of northern Australia The term northern Australia is generally considered to include the States and territories of Australia of Queensland and the Northern Territory. The part of Western Australia (WA) north of latitude 26° south — a definition widely used in law and State government policy , police said today. The body of 37-year-old Russell Harris was discovered on Sunday in a creek on the island of Groote Eylandt, after he vanished while snorkelling with a friend a day earlier. Authorities are hunting a 13ft crocodile suspected of the attack and plan to move it to a more remote area or shoot it. Mr Harris, from Nottingham, had been working for five months at a large manganese mine on the island operated by Anglo-British mining group BHP Billiton. |
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