A crocodile attacked a teenage boy while he was fishing with his friends. The 14-year-old, accompanied by two non-local friends, was fishing in waist-deep water when the incident occurred. Despite being subjected to a ‘death roll’ by the crocodile, where the predator grips its prey and rotates to drown it, the boy survived. He was swiftly taken to a nearby hotel for initial treatment of his leg and abdomen wounds before being airlifted to Cairns Hospital, where he was reported to be in stable condition.
The attack happened 100km north of Cairns in Far North Queensland, Australia, on a Saturday afternoon. A spokesperson from the Queensland Ambulance Service confirmed that a male teenager with leg and abdominal injuries was flown to Cairns Hospital in a stable condition following the crocodile attack at a public beach.
In a separate incident, a tourist was fatally attacked by a crocodile at Bonamanzi Game Reserve in South Africa. Ignoring warning signs to stay away from the water, the 56-year-old man cast his fishing rod into the Hluhluwe River and was seized by a 12-foot crocodile. Witnesses described a chaotic scene as the crocodile dragged the man into the river, despite his desperate attempts to fight back. Tragically, the man disappeared under the water and his body resurfaced two hours later in a deteriorated state.
The victim, a 56-year-old South African from Richards Bay, had been on a weekend trip with his family. The reserve’s website indicates that guests can witness or participate in live crocodile feeding on select Saturdays, though it is unclear if this activity was available on the day of the fatal attack.