Missing man’s remains found inside crocodile

Human remains believed to be of a missing man were found inside a crocodile in north-eastern Australia.

The Australian police confirmed this on Tuesday.

The 40-year-old man had gone missing in a suspected crocodile attack near the Annan River Bridge in Far North Queensland on Saturday afternoon.

“A formal identification process is underway however it is believed that the remains were that of a missing 40-year-old New South Wales man,” Queensland police said in a statement.

“Further testing will be conducted to determine a positive identity.”

Police added that the search and rescue operation for the missing man was suspended.

Earlier, on Monday, local media quoted a spokesman for the Queensland Department of Environment, Science, and Innovation as saying that a large crocodile “believed to be responsible for the fatal attack on the man was “humanely euthanised.”