A nine-year-old girl has escaped death by whisker from a crocodile attack in Chibuto district of the southern Mozambican province of Gaza.
The girl was swimming in the Limpopo river when the incident happened.
The girl told local media that when she noticed that she was under attack, she tried to scratch the nose of the crocodile which, before letting go of the leg, caused serious injuries to one of her legs.
“The crocodile grabbed me and dragged me so I hit it and scratched its nose [snout]. Then the crocodile immediately released me and threw me,” the young girl narrated.
