The Australian Northern Territory State Police said that the 3.6-meter-long crocodile “tracked children and adults” into a small village far from other human settlements, “jumped on them from the water,” and “kidnapped several dogs.” .
After meeting with indigenous elders, the police shot the crocodile. Local indigenous people confirmed to AFP that “the community prepared a dish from it as part of a traditional festival.”
The crocodile appeared in a river near the village, about a six-hour drive south of Darwin, the Northern Territory capital, during floods earlier this year.
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