Mum wrestles toddler from crocodile's jaws by sticking fingers up its nose

Maurina Musisinyana said the attack took place while she was fishing [Photo: Courtesy]

A desperate mum wrestled her toddler son from the jaws of a killer crocodile by sticking her fingers up its nose.

Maurina Musisinyana, 30, had left her two children playing under an umbrella on the bank of the Runde River in Zimbabwe while she went fishing nearby.