Father watches in horror as son taken by crocodile

2026-03-18 - 02:10

Kinabatangan fire and rescue station chief Hairi Otuh said search efforts are ongoing. (JBPM pic) 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.