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Child missing after suspected crocodile attack in remote Australia

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A 12-year-old missing in remote northern Australia may have been “attacked by a crocodile,” police said Wednesday as search crews scoured a stream for signs of the child.

The child disappeared on Tuesday evening after bathing in Mango Creek near Palumpa, a small settlement inhabited predominantly by indigenous people about seven hours’ drive southwest of the territory’s capital, Darwin.

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A 12-year-old missing in remote northern Australia may have been “attacked by a crocodile,” police said Wednesday as search crews scoured a stream for signs of the child.

The child disappeared on Tuesday evening after bathing in Mango Creek near Palumpa, a small settlement inhabited predominantly by indigenous people about seven hours’ drive southwest of the territory’s capital, Darwin.

“Initial reports indicate that the child was attacked by a crocodile,” said a statement from the Northern Territory Police. Officers are currently “searching a large section of the creek by boat.”

Crocodile attacks are rare but not unknown in Australia’s sparsely populated Northern Territory.

A 4.5-metre-long crocodile was shot dead in 2013 after chasing locals near Palumpa.

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In 2017, a 54-year-old man was injured in a non-fatal attack in the same area.

Earlier this year, an estuarine crocodile was shot, cooked and eaten after threatening another community in the Northern Territory.

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