A crocodile roughly seven-metres (22 feet) long was caught in Indonesia's Papua province and found to have human body parts inside.

Footage shot on Friday 21 January showed the giant reptile surrounded by villagers, who cut it open.

The croc preyed on people living near the Ayuka River in Mimika Regency until it was caught and killed.

Head of the Timika Search and Rescue (SAR) office, George L Mercy Randang, said a search for victims was carried out jointly by officers, and residents of Tipuka Village.

They were looking for Damianus Yauta (30) who was lost to crocodiles while washing mud crabs in the Ayuka River on Thursday evening.

The found him in the crocodile's mouth, so decided to kill the beast with spears in order to release the body.

Having killed the croc, the human's remains were taken to a relative, along with the crocodile that killed him.

A crocodile with a length of approximately 7 meters that preyed on a resident of the Ayuka River, Mimika Regency, Papua Province was arrested. The predator was forced to be killed by residents in order to evacuate the victim who was in his mouth. Head of the Timika SAR Office George L Mercy Randang said the search for victims was carried out jointly by joint officers and residents of Tipuka Village. They are looking for Damianus Yauta (30) who was lost to crocodiles while washing mud crabs in the Ayuka River, Thursday (20/1/2022) evening.
The victim was found by the search team, the community and family while combing the scene. When found, the victim's body was still in the crocodile's mouth, so the community decided to kill the crocodile by using spears so that the victim's body could be removed. After the giant crocodile was killed, the victim's body was removed and immediately evacuated by the joint SAR team to a relative's house in Ayuka Village. The crocodile that preyed on the victim was also carried by the residents to the house of the victim's relative.