🚨 BREAKING: Horr0r scenes as crocodile drags boy, 12, to his de-ath with scre-aming locals left traumatized
Sunil Singh was killed in a crocodile attack at the Ghaghra River in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday afternoon, local authorities said.
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Footage of the incident is too distressing to show(Image: Tahir Ibn Manzoor)
Horrified bystanders watched helplessly as a 12-year-old boy was dragged into a river by a crocodile on Thursday, July 17. Desperate villagers hurled rocks and bricks in a frantic bid to save him, but the young boy tragically lost his life in the devastating attack.
Sunil Singh was seized at the Ghaghra River in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday afternoon, according to authorities.
The boy had been helping his uncle plant rice in a nearby paddy field and had stopped at the riverbank to wash his hands and feet before heading home. Police reported that the crocodile launched its attack without any warning, snatching the boy from the water’s edge.
His uncle, Vijay Raj Singh, raised the alarm, prompting nearby villagers to race to the scene, hurling stones, bricks, and sticks at the reptile in a desperate effort to free him.
Their attempts proved futile, however, as the crocodile held firm, repeatedly rolling and pulling Sunil beneath the water before disappearing with him into the river’s deeper waters.
Villagers searched the river using long bamboo poles for around five hours before recovering his body. Authorities confirmed that part of his abdomen and one leg had been bitten off.
Station House Officer T. N. Maurya verified the incident and confirmed that upsetting footage of the attack had been shared online. He stated that Sunil’s body was sent for a post-mortem examination on Friday morning.
Local media outlets reported that Sunil was a sixth-grader and the sole male sibling among three sisters. His parents had reportedly passed away several years prior.
Crocodile attacks are estimated to claim approximately 1,000 lives annually worldwide, according to discoverwildlife.com. Such incidents are considered uncommon in the U.S., with the vast majority occurring in Africa and Southeast Asia, where human settlements and animal territories frequently intersect.
Research from Cambridge University conducted in 2017 found that crocodile attacks were more probable during daylight hours than after dark. This pattern likely stems from the fact that fatalities typically result from opportunistic strikes when individuals are laboring near waterways, rather than the creatures actively stalking human prey.
SOURCE: https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/horror-scenes-crocodile-drags-boy-1944477
