Police in Australia said today they had killed a crocodile believed to have eaten a 22-year-old man and were and planning to cut the animal open to search for his remains.

Authorities searching for a crocodile and the remains of a man it killed believe they may have spotted the reptile in the stretch of river where the attack took place in northern Australia, police said today.

Bad weather today forced in police in Australia to suspend their hunt for a saltwater crocodile and the body of a man it snatched and killed, officials said.

A CROCODILE killed a 22-year-old man and then kept his body in its jaws while his two friends watched in horror from a nearby tree.

A crocodile killed a 22-year-old man and then “showed off” his dead body in its jaws while his two friends watched in horror from a tree.