{"id":24693,"date":"2017-03-20T11:01:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T11:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=24693"},"modified":"2017-03-20T11:01:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T11:01:43","slug":"man-found-dead-suspected-crocodile-attack-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/man-found-dead-suspected-crocodile-attack-australia.html","title":{"rendered":"Man found dead in suspected crocodile attack in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMan found dead in suspected crocodile attack in Australia<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tMan found dead in suspected crocodile attack in Australia:-<\/strong> The victim is believed to be a spear fisherman, 35, whose boat was found empty off Palmer Point, in Far North Queensland, on Saturday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tQueensland Police said an initial investigation suggested the man was killed by a crocodile.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Sunday, an 18-year-old man survived a crocodile attack about 65km (40 miles) south at Innisfail.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPolice investigating the man's death said they had begun searching for a crocodile more than 4m long.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIf a crocodile is confirmed to be responsible, it would be the ninth fatal attack in Queensland since 1985.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAuthorities said a large crocodile made an aggressive rush towards a police boat on Sunday night.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"It appears that this animal may be responsible for the death of this man," said Dr Matt Brien, from Queensland's Department of Environment and Heritage Protection.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"It's not consistent with a wild crocodile. They tend to be fairly wary of people. It's a behaviour that we have seen before in crocodiles that have attacked people."<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIf found the reptile would be captured or killed, he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTeenager's escape<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the incident at Innisfail, teenager Lee de Paauw was bitten on the arm by a crocodile after jumping into a river late at night.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe suffered lacerations and fractures before undergoing surgery in hospital.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"I hit it once on the nose [and] it loosened a bit," Mr de Paauw told radio station Nova FM on Monday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"I got another hit in and it was right on its eye. I was lucky because it just dropped me."<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWitnesses said Mr de Paauw went into the river as part of a dare.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"It all happened very fast, pretty much as soon as he jumped in, there was splashing and screaming," Sophie Paterson, a British backpacker, told the Courier Mail.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tQueensland paramedic Neil Noble said the teenager was lucky to be alive.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-australia-39323836<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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