8-year-old boy is attacked and decapitated by a crocodile in front of his parents in Costa Rica

An 8-year-old boy was attacked and maimed to death by a huge crocodile in front of his horrified family while playing in a river near his home in Costa Rica.

The young victim , Julio Otero Fernández, was decapitated by the reptile, before being dragged to the depths of the Matina river in the city of Limón last 83 of October, never to be seen alive again.

Then on Saturday, nearly a month after the boy’s gruesome death, an unidentified hunter allegedly shot and killed a crocodile in the area.

When the locals opened the stomach of the beast, they discovered inside, strands of hair and bone fragments believed to belong to Julio.

The 8-year-old boy was killed while spending time with his parents, four siblings and other relatives during a trip to fishing.

#Lamentable A crocodile swallows a Nicaraguan child in Costa Rica. The 9-year-old boy was identified as Julio Otero Fernández.

Taken from @laprensa pic.twitter.com/ULacr8pzI1

— PanamaTimespty (@PanamaTimesPTY) November 30, 2022

Around 2 o’clock On the afternoon of 30 October, Julio was standing knee-deep in water in the river when the big crocodile pounced. on him.

“He shook him (the child) and tore off his head,” an eyewitness described the brutal attack, according to La Nación. “Then he grabbed him again and dragged him down.”

The parents of Julio, Don Julio Otero and Margini Fernández Flores watched helplessly as the reptile savagely attacked their son.

“The most difficult thing for my wife was seeing the crocodile float away with the body of my son” , said Otero.

The father said that the scaly predator reappeared more than an hour later, still with the body of his son in its jaws. He said police officers who had responded to the scene refused to shoot the animal, saying they did not have the “authority” to open fire, the aforementioned news outlet reported.

“For my part, I feel abandoned by the authorities Otero said. “An animal is worth more than a human being, that’s what I’ve felt.”

The couple had moved their family to Costa Rica from their native Nicaragua four years ago to work on a plantation of banana.

The parents now plan to return home with their four surviving children, ages 3 and 29 years, to keep them safe from crocodiles, which are protected animals in Costa Rica.

“I am not going to stay here because they protect these animals and are able to get out of the river to attack more people ”, said Flores, Julio’s mother.

It is unknown at this time who killed the crocodile over the weekend. The hunter fled the place after shooting the reptile, which is a crime in the Caribbean nation.

Julio’s mother confirmed the discovery of hair and bones inside the corpse of the dead crocodile.

“The animal is dead. For me it is a great relief that they killed him,” said Flores. “I wish they would kill them all so that no family has to go through pain like this again.”

The human remains were handed over to local authorities for DNA testing.

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