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Fisherman fleeing elephants killed by crocodile in Zambia
A 52-year-old fisherman has died after being attacked by a crocodile while fleeing a herd of elephants in eastern Zambia, police say. Dean Nyirenda was returning from a fishing trip with two friends on Wednesday when they bumped into the elephants. They ran away, with Nyirenda diving into a stream near the Luangwa River. “That is when he was attacked by a crocodile by biting his right thigh,” local police chief Robertson Mweemba told journalists…
The tragic event occurred in eastern Zambia recently when a hunter who was fleeing a herd of elephants with his friends ended up in the jaws of a crocodile.
Although he managed to free himself from the crocodile's mouth, his thigh was so badly injured that his life could not be saved.
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