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Croc kills man in southern Palawan




A man was killed in a crocodile attack in Batazara town in the southernmost tip Palawan on Friday, a third incident of such attack recorded in the same place this year, a radio report said Saturday morning.

Super Radyo dzBB reported that the victim went down the river to check on his boat on Friday morning, amid heavy rains from Storm Vinta. He failed to come back home.

Hours later, Batazara town folk saw crocodiles in the river feasting on the man's body. 

On November 11 this year, a crocodile snatched girl in full view of her siblings. The  12-year-old victim's body has not been found until now. 

The girl was fetching water in a heavily-forested area when a crocodile snapped at her and dragged her away in front of her horrified siblings.

Less than a month earlier a woman was attacked by a crocodile while she was fetching water, but she managed to escape.

Palawan is considered as "last frontier" in the country where saltwater crocodiles are still common despite hunting and habitat loss. —LBG, GMA News

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