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Search teams are combing Mango Creek in Australia’s Northern Territories after the disappearance of a 12-year-old child suspected to have been attacked by a crocodile. (Craig P. Jewell/Getty Images)
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12-year-old missing in remote northern Australia may have been “attacked
by a crocodile”, police said Wednesday as search teams combed a creek for
signs of the child.
The
child disappeared on Tuesday evening after swimming at Mango Creek near
Palumpa, a small, largely Indigenous settlement about seven hours’ drive
southwest of the territory capital, Darwin.
“Initial
reports stated the child had been attacked by a crocodile,” Northern
Territory Police said in a statement, adding that officers were now
“searching a large section of the creek via boat”.
Crocodile
attacks are rare but not unheard of in Australia’s sparsely populated Northern
Territory.
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4.5-metre crocodile was shot and killed after stalking locals near Palumpa in
2013.
In
2017, a 54-year-old man was mauled in a non-fatal attack in the same area.
Earlier
this year, a saltwater crocodile was shot, cooked and eaten after menacing a
different Northern Territory community.
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