An 8-month-pregnant woman was killed on Tuesday by a crocodile while cooking lunch at her flooded home in Indonesia.
The 28-year-old Munirah was standing in her swamped kitchen when the animal sank its fangs into her leg in North Kalimantan on 27 May and pulled her away.
The mother-to-be, who was only identified by her first name, screamed as the beast then tried to thrash her in a death roll.
Hearing her cries, Munirah’s sister Ana Maria rushed over and found her sibling holding onto a tree branch.
She rushed out of the room to find a weapon with which to beat the reptile, but it had already dragged Munirah into the water by the time she returned.
Villagers searched along the Mambulu River.
Footage shows several men firing a shotgun at the predator, but it retreated into the muddy waters.
Around half an hour later, they found a lifeless Munirah’s body floating in the flood.
Local police chief AKP Supriadi said, “The victim died after being attacked by a crocodile. She was dragged away from her kitchen and drowned to death.
“She couldn’t be saved. She was eight months pregnant and did not have the strength to fight off the crocodile.
“The crocodile released her, but she was already dead when her body surfaced.”
The local disaster response agency (BPBD) confirmed the incident.
Munirah’s residence was a stilt home flooded after the nearby Mambulu River burst its banks following heavy rain.
