By Flavia Ajok
A crocodile has mauled a 15-year-old boy in Lake Albert in Buliisa district. The deceased has been identified as victor Byamani, a resident of Kirima village, Kirima parish, in Kigwera Sub County in Buliisa district.
He was allegedly grabbed by a Crocodile on Sunday afternoon when he went to collect water from the lake. Byamani had been accompanied by two other boys who survived.
Julius Allan Hakiza, the Albertine region spokesperson says locals were able to find a few body parts of the deceased.
Hakiza warns parents along the shores of Lake Albert to desist from sending their children in the lake without guidance from elders.
This is not the first person to be mauled by a crocodile on Lake Albert.
in May this year, A crocodile mauled a 72-year-old man in Lake Albert in Hoima District. The deceased was identified as Richard Onviko, a fisherman attached to Toonya landing site, Toonya parish in Buseruka sub-county.
In April 2020, a crocodile mauled a 20-year-old man in Lake Albert in Buliisa District. The deceased was identified as Papi Ubemu, a resident of Butiaba Landing Site in Butiaba sub-county.
In July 2018, a crocodile attacked and severely injured 18-year-old Maureen Vicky, a resident of Kiryamboga landing site in Hoima district.
The deceased was on her way back home from an area near River Wambabya in Kiryamboga where she had gone to collect firewood together with five other women when was attacked by the crocodile. She was severely injured in the stomach, leg, left hand, head, and back.
In July 2019, 24-year-old Christine Nema, a resident of Rwebigongoro Landing Site in Ndaiga sub-county in Kagadi district was also grabbed and killed by a crocodile as she washed clothes on the lake shores.
