A crocodile killed a Protestant pastor who was baptising followers near a lake in southern Ethiopia in early June.
Docho Eshete was conducting the ceremony for about 80 people at Lake Abaya in Arba Minch town’s Merkeb Tabya district. Residents and police said a crocodile leapt from the water during the baptism and attacked him.
Pastor Docho died after being bitten on his legs, back and hands.
‘He baptised the first person and he passed on to another one. All of a sudden, a crocodile jumped out of the lake and grabbed the pastor,’ a local resident, Ketema Kairo said.
Despite huge efforts, fishermen and residents could not save Pastor Docho, policeman Eiwnetu Kanko said. They used fishing nets to prevent the crocodile from taking the pastor’s body into the lake. The crocodile escaped.
