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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Edna Tarigan and Dita Alangkara

Crocodile attacks in Indonesia are on the rise. It's left residents on edge

APTOPIX Indonesia Deforestation Crocodile Attacks - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Nearly seven months after a crocodile attack almost took her life, Munirpa walked to the estuary outside her home with her husband and her children, ready to brave a reenactment.

Munirpa, who like many Indonesians only uses one name, recounted how one early morning in August, she threw her household garbage into a creek about 50 meters (164 feet) away from her house, as she normally would.

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