Boy, 10, dead in Palawan crocodile attack

CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines — The body parts of a boy reported missing after a crocodile attacked him on Sunday were found on Tuesday night.

Milhasan Suraping, a student of the Paliisan Elementary School; his brother Lokan, 12, and sister Marlina, 15, were in a boat on their way home to Sitio Tagpanasan, Barangay Salang, Balabac, Palawan when a crocodile dragged him into the water.

Lt. Col. Socrates Faltado, Mimaropa police spokesman, said Suraping’s father reported the incident to the police on Monday.

Ajalong Amalong, a fisherman, found the boy’s severed head and right leg in a mangrove.