Terrifying moment crocodile drags grandfather in its jaws before brave villagers charge the beast armed with sticks to free victim (video)

This is the horrifying moment an Indonesian grandfather was mauled by a crocodile and dragged around in the beast's jaws in front of terrified villagers.  Footage shows the 10ft crocodile swimming away with the 80-year-old man, named only as Wasim, in its mouth as onlookers armed with sticks bravely chased it from the banks of the Semaka River in Lampung yesterday, June 30.  The reptile was said to have violently attacked Wasim as he bathed in the river near his home in the Tanggamus Regency in southern Indonesia.  The elderly man was unable to shout for help as the crocodile dragged him under the surface. A villager found Wasim's clothes on the riverbank and gathered other locals to look for him, when they suddenly spotted the man being dragged by the crocodile in the water.   Fearless residents then rushed into the shallow river with sticks, as footage shows them frantically hitting the beast.   Semaka Police Chief AKP Sutarto said: "The victim was found within an hour or at 13.00 WIB, after the crocodile emerged carrying him in its mouth. "After being struck several times, the crocodile finally released the victim's body. But when recovered, he was already in a lifeless state."  Wasim's son-in-law Samugi said: "It was just a normal day for us. We didn't expect it to end tragically like this." The police chief added that Wasim had suffered jagged wounds on his back  and shoulders.  Cops have urged residents to be more careful when carrying out activities in the river to prevent similar attacks from occurring. Indonesia has the most crocodile attacks in the world. There were at least 1,000 incidents over the past decade, though many more are believed to have been unreported.  Watch video below. The post Terrifying moment crocodile drags grandfather in its jaws before brave villagers charge the beast armed with sticks to free victim (video) appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.