AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2003
NT: Breakthrough in killer croc search
Police have made a significant breakthrough in the search for the body of a man taken
by a crocodile in the Northern Territory last week.
A Northern Territory police spokesman says the search for the body of 22-year-old BRETT
MANN was broadened late yesterday to encompass a 25 kilometre stretch of the Finniss River,
80 kilometres south-west of Darwin.
The spokesman says police have been encouraged after a large crocodile was spotted
less than three kilometres from where Mr MANN was taken.
After Mr MANN was taken by the saltwater crocodile last Sunday, his two friends clung
to a tree for 22 hours while the crocodile menaced them below.
They were eventually winched to safety by a rescue chopper.
The search for Mr MANN's body had been delayed because of heavy rain and floodwaters
in the river.
AAP RTV ggd/swe
KEYWORD: CROCODILE (DARWIN)
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