Staff ReporterA crocodile in northern Zimbabwe has allegedly killed and eaten an 8-year-old child, it was claimed on Thursday.
Grim footage of what appear to be human remains being recovered from the crocodile has been posted to YouTube by online news outlet Bulawayo24.
The footage shows men slitting open the crocodile and retrieving human parts from its belly. These are then placed on a grey blanket next to the dead animal.
Onlookers watch the grim operation, their arms folded. A policeman can be seen watching.
Simbarashe Sithole said that the incident happened on Monday in Mushumbi, Mashonaland Central. “The crocodile was shot on Tuesday and was then cut open. The boy’s remains were found in the beast’s stomach.”
“The that the young boy’s remains were buried on Wednesday,” Sithole wrote.
There were no more details on the tragedy, which has not yet been confirmed by the authorities.
Rains have recently been pounding Zimbabwe, causing flooding in the south of the country and rising river and dam levels elsewhere. This can mean that they shift location to places where they are not normally seen.