QLD: Wildlife officers shoot croc suspected of attack on girl

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2004
QLD: Wildlife officers shoot croc suspected of attack on girl

Wildlife officers have shot the 3.5 metre crocodile that's thought to have attacked
an 11-year-old girl at a remote Cape York Peninsula bay on Sunday.

The crocodile was shot within 200 metres of where HANNAH THOMPSON was grabbed by the
arm while swimming behind a boat at Margaret Bay near the top of the peninsula.

Skipper RAY TURNER dived on to the back of the crocodile and gouged its eye until it
let the girl go.

HANNAH received deep puncture wounds in her arm but has made a good recovery.

AAP RTV ldj/gjr/wz

KEYWORD: CROC (CAIRNS)

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