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Villagers kill nearly 300 crocodiles in revenge attack

Graphic Content: An angry mob has slaughtered nearly 300 crocodiles in Indonesia after a local man was killed by one of the reptiles. [AFP]

Indonesian villagers armed with knives, hammers and clubs slaughtered 292 crocodiles in revenge for the death of a man killed by a crocodile at a breeding farm, an official said.

Photographs released by Antara news agency showed bloodied carcasses of the crocodiles in a large pile in the Sorong district of the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua.

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