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 Snipers kill carnassial crocodile after death of child(Xinhua)Updated: 2007-04-22 08:52  A crocodile was killed by snipers on Saturday to 
recover evidence of Friday's tragedy in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous 
Region.
 
 
 
 The crocodile was shot dead at 8 
p.m. Saturday with approval of the local forestry department.
 |  Local police dragged the killed 
 crocodile,two metres in length, 150 kilograms in weight out of the pond in 
 south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region April 21,2007. The 
 crocodiles has eaten a nine-year-old child and then was shot to death by 
 the sinpers.[sina.com]
  |  The sinpers lured the crocodiles with pork and shoot one that crawled ashore 
to death with seven bullets. 
 Legal medical experts anatomized body of the creature and found remains of a 
human being, therefore confirmed the missing child was eaten by the crocodiles. 
 
 
 
 The tragedy occurred at about 6 
p.m. on Friday, when a pupil surnamed Liu and three other children from Xiantian 
Primary School climbed over the fence of a crocodile pool which had been 
temporarily closed.
 |  Local police dragged the killed 
 crocodile,two metres in length, 150 kilograms in weight out of the pond in 
 south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region April 21,2007.[sina.com]
  |  The children shot the animals with catapults and beat them with wooden 
sticks. One of the irritated alligators bit Liu's clothes and dragged him into 
water, where he was eaten by a swarm of alligators. 
 
 
 
 The pool, which had been used 
to stage crocodile shows, is located in a recreational park in a holiday resort 
called Yintan, or Silver Beach,in Beihai city of Guangxi. It had been sealed off 
for auction.
 |  The snipers prepares to shoot the 
 crocodiles that has eaten a nine-year-old child in south China's Guangxi 
 Zhuang Autonomous Region April 21,2007.The sinpers lured the crocodiles 
 with pork and shoot one that crawled ashore to death with seven 
 bullets.[sina.com]
 |  Local residents said owner of the park had hired a keeper for the crocodiles. 
It is not known why the man was not present when the accident happened. 
 The manager and the keeper of the alligator pool have been held by local 
police for further investigation. 
 
 
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