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Furious locals entered a private property in West Papua, Indonesia in July and massacred hundreds of captive crocodiles in an apparent act of revenge after one of their own was eaten.



The reptiles, which were living in a lake on a property owned by a businessman in Sorong Regency, were blamed for the death of a local resident.



Angry locals stormed the property and were filmed dragging 2-metre crocodiles from the water before beating them to death with picks and other tools.



Police officers who arrived at the scene were unable to control the frenzy of blood-letting and watched as the pile of crocodile bodies grew.



An eyewitness put the number of dead crocodiles at 292.



Papua native and local resident Enos Barmala (seen here from 2mins 47secs in the video) confirmed to reporters that the "spontaneous action" was revenge for the loss of a member of their community to a crocodile. He said: "Animals like this cannot be reared here, in the open, amongst the crowd, they should be kept in a place away from crowded places. You see a lot of people who have agricultural land, farms. These animals should be placed in a distant place, like a forest."



It was not clear whether the massacred captive crocodiles were responsible for the death or whether a wild specimen was the true culprit.

Sadistic, Citizens of Sorong Regency, West Papua busy Massacring Hundreds of Crocodiles In Captivity

Hundreds of residents of Tugu Red, SP 1, City of Aimas, Sorong Regency, West Papua, killed at least 292 crocodile tail, on Saturday (14/7/2018). The crocodile belongs to a businessman who kept in captivity Airport Road, SP 1, Village Klamalu, District Aimas, Sorong Regency.

Residents slaughtered hundreds of crocodiles it's because of emotions after the death of a local resident due to predation of crocodiles, on Friday (13/7/2018) ago. Residents worried the crocodiles will attack the local population. To prevent it, hundreds of citizens from various areas in the City of Aimas decided to kill hundreds of crocodiles belonging to a businessman named Alberth Siahaan.

The action happens very quickly. Hundreds of the citizens suddenly broke into captivity. They do not find an obstacle get in because the door to the hatchery forget locked by the owner that the middle to the outside of the city.

Citizens then chase a pair of crocodile-sized, roughly 2 meters of more. After successfully captured, the citizens of the tie and dragged the crocodile out of captivity and rollicking stab him to death.

Police officers who arrived at the scene not able to dampen the emotions of the citizens. They can just sit idle and watch the citizens slaughtered one by one crocodile. In fact, the crocodile was a baby was also killed. The whole crocodile that killed the citizens of as many as 292 of the tail.

According to one of saeorang local residents, Enos Barmala, spontaneous action them because of th