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Crocodile kills pastor during lake baptism

By BBC | Jun. 6, 2018
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Crocodiles are found in freshwater habitats like rivers and lakes. [Courtesy]

A crocodile has killed a Protestant pastor who was baptising followers near a lake in southern Ethiopia.

Docho Eshete was conducting the ceremony for about 80 people on Sunday morning at Lake Abaya in Arba Minch town's Merkeb Tabya district.

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