KINABATANGAN: A father watched in horror as his son was attacked and dragged away by a crocodile at a river in Kampung Segaliud here last night.
Kinabatangan fire and rescue station chief Hairi Otuh said Rayyan Abdullah, 28, was attacked while casting a net in the river for prawns.
“The victim’s father was at the scene and witnessed the attack. We received a report of the incident at 8.22pm,” he told Bernama when contacted today.
Hairi said the rescue team arrived at the location at 9.10pm to gather information and immediately launched a search and rescue operation.
As of this morning, the victim had not been found. Search efforts are ongoing.
