Six-year-old girl missing after crocodile attack in Bintulu
SAR operation underway for girl believed attacked by crocodile.
SIBU - A girl bathing with family members at a river in Kampung Seberang Pasar Lama Tatau, Bintulu, about 160 kilometres from here, is missing, believed to have been attacked by a crocodile yesterday.
A spokesperson for the Sarawak Operations Centre said the search and rescue (SAR) operation for the victim, identified as six-year-old Cicilia Julan Intik, is still ongoing, concentrating on jetties on the river bank.
He said a call was received at 7.21pm, and six members from the Tatau Fire and Rescue Station were deployed to the scene.
"The operation commander reported an incident involving a girl bathing in the river with her family members who went missing at 6.30pm and the incident was witnessed by the victim's grandfather," he said in a statement yesterday. - BERNAMA
