Congo crocodile snatches outdoors expert from canoe

A SOUTH AFRICAN outdoors expert is feared dead after a crocodile snatched him from his kayak while he led an American expedition from the source of the White Nile into the heart of Congo.

Two Americans being guided by 35-year-old South African Hendrik Coetzee on the gruelling trip could only watch in horror. They paddled unharmed to safety after the attack on the Lukuga River in Congo.

The International Rescue Committee helped evacuate the Americans to a nearby town, said Ciaran Donnelly, the organisation’s regional director in Congo.