BY RODRICK DESURI
AUKI
A crocodile has killed another woman at Wairaha, West Are’are, Malaita Province, on Tuesday, April 21.
This is the second incident that occurred at Paunanu’u along the Wairaha River as the first incident occurred on April 3 at the same village.
According to a close relative of the victim, she was a student from the nearby secondary school and was on her way back to her niece at Paunanu’u when the crocodile attacked her.
The victim’s body was found on Thursday morning, April 23 at Paunanu’u village.
“It is my niece, she was said to have brought her assignment to us to work on it when the incident happened to her on Tuesday this week,” she said.
Auki police have received a report about the incident and encourage people to be careful and to report any places they wish to go to at any time.
They said that once they have received requests from the communities along the Wairaha River for help, they will deploy a team to monitor and find the crocodile.
“We have received a report from Wairaha about the sad incident. So, we just encourage the people and communities of Wairaha to be mindful and take care when going out and crossing the river.
“On that note, we will only deploy our team to look for the crocodile once the communities request it,” they said.
Auki police also sent condolences to the relatives and family members of the victim during this difficult time.
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