Villagers Kill, Eat 7-Foot Crocodile In 'Revenge' After It Viciously Attacks Man

Villagers captured and ate a crocodile Friday after the reptile viciously attacked a man. The incident took place in Rayong, a city in eastern Thailand.

The man, identified as 52-year-old Yongyut Harat, was fishing in the canal when he was allegedly attacked by the crocodile. Harat’s friends who were present at the scene immediately intervened and rescued him from the crocodile’s jaws, local daily the Thaiger reported.

Harat was rushed to a nearby hospital in a serious condition. His right arm was reportedly bitten off by the reptile.

The incident enraged the locals who then began searching for the crocodile. After an intensive search, the villagers captured the crocodile. They then went on to kill and eat the reptile in order to get "revenge," the outlet reported.

The crocodile was reportedly around 7 feet long and some locals believe that it got loose from a nearby crocodile farm. However, there was no official confirmation regarding the same. The condition of the man bitten by the crocodile was not known.

The incident comes less than two months after a crocodile’s stomach was cut open to retrieve the body of a teen who was attacked by the reptile in Tanjung Manis, Malaysia. Ricky Ganya, 14, was attacked while he was looking for snails near a river. The boy’s aunt witnessed the reptile pulling the victim into the water and immediately informed the police. Following a five-day intense search, the crocodile was captured. It was then killed and its stomach was cut open in the presence of his family. Human body parts and some clothes were found inside the crocodile’s stomach. The body parts were removed and sent for an autopsy.

In another incident earlier this year, a crocodile was hunted down and its stomach was cut open to retrieve the body of a 55-year-old fisherman who was attacked by the reptile in Indonesia's Riau province.