Crocodile drags mother-of-four to her death in Indonesia

Chilling video shows the moment a crocodile surfaced from the water with the body of a woman in its jaws. 

The 13ft reptile pounced on mother-of-four Nurhawati Zihura, 46, while she was washing her feet in the seawater next to her coastal village in North Sumatra, Indonesia, this morning.

Shocked locals heard her screams but could only watch as the beast thrashed her body in a haunting ‘death roll’ to disorientate her.

The croc then dragged away the housewife as she disappeared below the surface close to the Deaa Orahili Beach in the Pulau-Pulau Batu district of South Nias Regency.

Shockingly, the animal emerged around an hour later clutching Nurhawati’s lifeless body in its jaws.

Footage shows how locals threw dead chickens into the water to distract the deadly croc and make it release the body.

Residents finally managed to pull Nurhawati onto a boat and took her ashore where she was pronounced dead. A funeral service was held in the evening.

Local police and soldiers continued searching for the crocodile and it was dragged ashore in the afternoon. A policeman shot the animal dead.

Via DAILY MAIL