A 26 year-old man has been severely mauled by a crocodile in Sinazongwe district in Southern Province.
A Mweezhya ward councilor Bernard Syanyambwe confirmed that Victor Siapaka from Kayisha Village was caught while he was swimming on Lake Kariba .
Mr. Syanyambwe said the reptile broke the victim’s arms in two pieces and one finger was swallowed by the crocodile.
He said Maamba doctors have informed the victim’s family that he would be referred to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) for specialist medication.
On Thursday Sinazongwe villagers appealed to the Zambia wildlife Authority (ZAWA) to crop the crocodiles that have continued to kill people and leaving many people disabled.
Speaking through their Sinazongwe ward Councilor Abraham Hamoonga the villagers complained that the problem of people being killed and being amputated as a result of having too many crocodiles in Lake Kariba .
On 24 July this year a A 24 year old woman was severely mauled by a crocodile on Lake Kariba resulting in the amputating of both hands.
Juliet Siangombe of Ndolo Village in Senior Chief Mweemba area told ZANIS from her bed in Maamba Hospital that the incident occurred when she went to fetch water for household chores with her sister in law.
“While fighting with it I could feel it breaking my right hand and later it broke my left hand,” Mrs. Siangombe said
Hardly a month passes in Sinazongwe without person being either killed or disabled by a crocodile.
ZANIS
Why cant these be just exterminated, what role do the play in our environment apart 4rom just maiming people? They are as necesary as moskitoz
Sorry friend,the only way help from GRZ is to build swimming pools for these villagers, otherwise a human being is a christmas for a crocodile
2 bad, ala ifibokolo fyalapwisha abantu.ZAWA you should indeed step in and crop these creatures.
These are not crocodiles, they are “hopanis”, take their cousins the loziz to Kariba to crop them!
H.E MC SATA was this afternoon welcomed by millions if nt billions of people in CHOMA-southern province. VIVA PF………………..
# 5,Please don’t paste this nonsense on every story.You have irritated me enough with your nonsense.
What has this poor sinazongwe man got to do with your satan??