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(CNN) -- Police have found evidence that "strongly indicates" a 12-year-old boy who was witnessed being snatched by a crocodile in a remote part of Australia was killed in the attack. 
  
 "No specifics will be given in relation to the trauma or type of evidence located out of respect for the family," acting police commander Michael White said in a statement Tuesday. 
  
 The family of the boy -- who would have returned to school Tuesday after the summer break -- have been informed, a spokeswoman for the Northern Territory police, Rebecca Forrest, told CNN. 
  
 "As expected they're grieving," Forrest said. "But the evidence is there that he's deceased." 
  
 As search crews continued to gather evidence Tuesday, shoot-to-kill orders remained in place for crocodiles longer than two meters around the small community where the attack occurred. 
  
 Three animals have been killed so far, ranging from 2.5 to 4.7 meters in length, Forrest said. 
  
 The boy had been swimming with four other children in a water hole near Mudginberri in the Northern Territory's Kakadu National Park on Sunday afternoon, when a saltwater crocodile attacked the group. 
  
 One of the boys, aged 15, was bitten by the animal but managed to escape. The crocodile then turned on his friend, aged 12, said police sergeant Stephen Constable. 
  
 "The 15-year-old boy was grabbed on his right arm. He started fighting off the croc, and it took him by the left arm; then it let him go and took hold of the 12-year-old boy, and swam off with him." 
  
 Police officers and park rangers have been using helicopters and boats to search the area since the attack occurred. 
  
 A crocodile expert who examined the first boy's wounds, believed the crocodile was between 2.5 to three meters long (around eight to nine feet), Constable said. 
  
 Search crews have also been looking for larger crocodiles that may have attacked the one that took the 12-year-old. 
  
 "On occasion a smaller crocodile may take some food, and a bigger crocodile will take it off them," said Constable. 
  
 According to local media reports, people had been warned against swimming in the area after a teenager survived an attack by a five-meter-long crocodile in the region in January last year. 
  
 Constable said this time of year is particularly dangerous due to seasonal flooding. 
  
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 CNN's Pierre Meilhan contributed to this report. ||||| A 12-year-old boy is feared to have been killed in a crocodile attack – the 14th in the past 12 years – leading to calls for a cull on a booming population of the saltwater reptile in Australia’s Northern Territory. 
  
 It is believed the boy was taken by a crocodile measuring up to 3m long while swimming with four friends in a remote billabong in the world-heritage listed Kakadu National Park on Sunday. 
  
 Before the boy was taken, the crocodile attacked one of his teenage friends, who fought off the reptile, suffering bites to his arm. The 12-year-old boy disappeared shortly later. Members of the group who had been swimming in the Mudginberri Billabong, about 170 miles east of Darwin, said they believed the crocodile had turned on and taken the missing boy. 
  
 A large-scale land, boat and air search for the boy’s body in and around Magela Creek, which feeds the waterhole, is under way, but has been hampered by poor conditions caused by the rainy season. Officers, with orders to shoot to kill any crocodile longer than 3m, have so far come across and shot two crocodiles measuring more than 4m. 
  
 If confirmed, the boy’s death will be the sixth time a child has been killed by a “saltie” in the past 12 years. 
  
 The attack has led to calls from indigenous elders for a cull of the reptiles, whose numbers have been growing unchecked in the region over the past three decades. Crocodiles are so numerous in the Northern Territory today that they have even been found stalking the waterways of suburban Darwin and snatching dogs. 
  
 Justin O’Brien, chief executive officer of the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation that represents the Mirarr Traditional Owners of the area, said the threat from crocodiles in Kakadu National Park, one of the Northern Territory’s most popular tourist destinations, must be urgently addressed. 
  
 "People have been swimming in these waterways for tens of thousands of years. Adults in the community have memories of swimming happily in these waterways,” he told the Northern Territory News. 
  
 "For the past 30 years many Traditional Owners have been saying there are too many crocs and that the numbers need to be managed.” 
  
 Mr O’Brien said traditional owners wanted a review of the management of crocodiles in their communities “in response to their increasing numbers and safety concerns”. 
  
 Last year a teenager fought off a 5m crocodile in the same area, and the region is well signposted as a crocodile danger zone, but lack of recent sightings could have lulled the group of boys into believing the billabong was safe. 
  
 The wet season in Kakadu is the most dangerous time of year to be swimming in waterholes and creeks. 
  
 Saltwater crocodiles can grow up to seven metres long and weigh more than a ton. But the smaller reptiles can be just as dangerous, especially to children. 
  
 Their numbers have increased steadily since the introduction of laws protecting saltwater crocodiles in 1971. It is now estimated that some 75,000-100,000 roam the northern reaches of the country. 
  
 The most recent fatality was in August last year, when a man was taken by a 4.7-m crocodile as he swam across the Mary River, 68 miles east of Darwin. |||||
– A teen swimming with a group of friends in Australia's Kakadu National Park yesterday was attacked by a crocodile and escaped—only to have the croc move on to one of his friends, a 12-year-old now believed dead. The Telegraph reports that if the younger boy was indeed taken by the saltwater crocodile, it would mark the sixth time a "saltie" has killed a child in the last 12 years, and that's led to renewed calls for a cull. Laws protecting the salties were put in place in 1971, and their ranks have swelled since, with as many as 100,000 of them occupying the Northern Territory. Sky News reports officials are going to great lengths in an effort to recover the boy's body: A trap has been set in Magela Creek, which feeds the waterhole; air, land, and boat searches have taken place; and any croc measuring more than 6.5 feet can be shot. And so far, two have, though slicing them open revealed no human remains. And the search efforts have been hampered by seasonal flooding, while has swelled the creek from a width of about 650 feet to more than 3,000 feet. The 15-year-old who was attacked was grabbed on his right arm and then his left, reports CNN. Based on the bite marks, the crocodile is believed to measure eight to nine feet. (A 26-year-old was killed by a croc in the area last year; more on that here.) Meanwhile, Australia has already launched another cull: of sharks.
Sammanfatta denna artikel: (CNN) -- Polisen har hittat bevis för att "starkt indikerar" en 12-årig pojke som bevittnades bli tagen av en krokodil i en avlägsen del av Australien dödades i attacken. "Inga detaljer kommer att ges i samband med traumat eller typen av bevis som finns av respekt för familjen," tillförordnad polischef Michael White sade i ett uttalande tisdag. Pojkens familj -- som skulle ha återvänt till skolan tisdag efter sommaruppehållet -- har informerats, en talekvinna för Northern Territory-polisen, Rebecca Forrest, berättade för CNN. "Som väntat sörjer de", sa Forrest. "Men bevisen finns där för att han är död." Då sökteam fortsatte att samla bevis på tisdagen kvarstod skjut-till-död-order på plats för krokodiler längre än två meter runt det lilla samhälle där attacken inträffade. Tre djur har hittills dödats, från 2,5 till 4,7 meters längd, sade Forrest. Pojken hade simmat tillsammans med fyra andra barn i ett vattenhål nära Mudginberri i Northern Territorys nationalpark Kakadu på söndagseftermiddagen, då en saltvattenkrokodil attackerade gruppen. En av pojkarna, som var 15 år, blev biten av djuret men lyckades fly. Krokodilen vände sig då mot sin vän, som var 12 år, sade polisinspektör Stephen Constable. "Den 15-årige pojken greps på sin högra arm. Han började slåss av krokodilen, och det tog honom vid vänster arm; då släppte det honom och tog tag i den 12-åriga pojken och simmade iväg med honom." Poliser och parkvakter har använt helikoptrar och båtar för att genomsöka området sedan attacken inträffade. En krokodilexpert som undersökte den första pojkens sår, trodde att krokodilen var mellan 2,5 och tre meter lång (runt åtta till nio fot), sade konstapeln. Sökarbesättningar har också letat efter större krokodiler som kan ha attackerat den som tog 12-åringen. "Ibland kan en mindre krokodil ta lite mat, och en större krokodil kommer att ta det av dem," sade konstapeln. Enligt lokala medias rapporter hade människor varnats för att simma i området efter att en tonåring överlevt en attack av en fem meter lång krokodil i regionen i januari förra året. Konstapeln sade att den här tiden på året är särskilt farlig på grund av säsongsöversvämningar. Australisk pojke säger att känguru räddade honom Coroner regler dingo att skylla för australiska barnets död CNN: s Pierre Meilhan bidrog till denna rapport. En 12-årig pojke befaras ha dödats i en krokodilattack – den 14:e under de senaste 12 åren – vilket lett till krav på en gallring av en växande population av saltvattenreptilen i Australiens norra territorium. Man tror att pojken togs av en krokodil som mätte upp till 3m lång medan han simmade med fyra vänner i en avlägsen billabong i den världsarvslistade Kakadu nationalpark på söndag. Innan pojken blev tagen attackerade krokodilen en av sina tonårsvänner, som slogs bort från reptilen, och fick lida bett i armen. Den 12-årige pojken försvann kort senare. Medlemmar av gruppen som hade simmat i Mudginberri Billabong, omkring 170 kilometer öster om Darwin, sade att de trodde att krokodilen hade slagit på och tagit den saknade pojken. Ett storskaligt mark-, båt- och luftletande efter pojkens kropp i och kring Magela Creek, som matar vattenhålet, pågår, men har hämmats av dåliga förhållanden orsakade av regntiden. Officerare, med order att skjuta för att döda någon krokodil längre än 3 m, har hittills stött på och skjutit två krokodiler som mäter mer än 4 m. Om det bekräftas kommer pojkens död att vara den sjätte gången ett barn har dödats av en ”saltare” under de senaste 12 åren. Attacken har lett till uppmaningar från inhemska äldste om en gallring av kräldjuren, vars antal har ökat okontrollerat i regionen under de senaste tre decennierna. Krokodiler är så talrika i Northern Territory idag att de till och med har hittats förfölja vattenvägarna i förorterna Darwin och rycka hundar. Justin O’Brien, chef för Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation som representerar Mirarr traditionella ägare av området, sade hotet från krokodiler i Kakadu nationalpark, en av norra territoriets mest populära turistmål, måste snarast åtgärdas. "Människor har simmat i dessa vattendrag i tiotusentals år. Vuxna i samhället har minnen av att simma lyckligt i dessa vattenvägar,” berättade han för Northern Territory News. "Under de senaste 30 åren har många traditionella ägare sagt att det finns för många krokodiler och att antalet måste hanteras." Mr O’Brien sade traditionella ägare ville ha en översyn av hanteringen av krokodiler i deras samhällen “som svar på deras ökande antal och säkerhetsproblem”. Förra året slogs en tonåring mot en 5m krokodil i samma område, och regionen är väl skyltad som en krokodil fara zon, men brist på nyligen observationer kan ha invaggat gruppen av pojkar att tro att billabong var säker. Den våta årstiden i Kakadu är den farligaste tiden på året att simma i vattenhål och bäckar. Saltvattenkrokodiler kan bli upp till sju meter långa och väga mer än ett ton. Men de mindre kräldjuren kan vara lika farliga, särskilt för barn. Deras antal har ökat stadigt sedan lagar infördes om skydd av saltvattenkrokodiler 1971. Man beräknar nu att omkring 75 000-100.000 strövar omkring på landets norra delar. Den senaste döden var i augusti förra året, när en man togs av en 4,7 m krokodil när han simmade över Mary River, 68 miles öster om Darwin. Â°°
Summarize this article: (CNN) -- Police have found evidence that "strongly indicates" a 12-year-old boy who was witnessed being taken by a crocodile in a remote part of Australia was killed in the attack. "No details will be given in connection with the trauma or type of evidence found out of respect for the family," acting police chief Michael White said in a statement Tuesday. The boy's family -- who would have returned to school Tuesday after the summer break -- have been informed, a spokeswoman for Northern Territory police, Rebecca Forrest, told CNN. "As expected, they mourn," Forrest said. "But the evidence is there that he's dead." Then searcham continued to collect evidence on Tuesday, shooting-to-death orders remained in place for crocodiles longer than two metres around the small community where the attack occurred. Three animals have so far been killed, from 2.5 to 4.7 metres in length, Forrest said. The boy had swam with four other children in a water hole near Mudginberri in Northern Territory National Park Kakadu on Sunday afternoon, when a saltwater crocodile attacked the group. One of the 15 - year - old boys was bitten by the animal but managed to escape. The crocodile then turned on his friend, who was 12, said police inspector Stephen Constable. "The 15-year-old boy was arrested on his right arm. He started fighting off the crocodile, and it took him by the left arm; then it dropped him and grabbed the 12-year-old boy and swam away with him." Police and park rangers have used helicopters and boats to search the area since the attack occurred. A crocodile expert who examined the first boy's wounds, believed the crocodile to be between 2.5 and three meters long (around eight to nine feet), the officer said. Seeker crews have also been looking for larger crocodiles that may have attacked whoever took the 12-year-old. "Sometimes a smaller crocodile can take some food, and a larger crocodile will take it off them," said the constable. According to local media reports, people had been warned not to swim in the area after a teenager survived an attack by a five-metre-long crocodile in the region last January. The constable said that this time of year is particularly dangerous due to seasonal flooding. Australian boy says kangaroo saved him Coroner rules dingo to blame for Australian child's death CNN's Pierre Meilhan contributed to this report. A 12-year-old boy is feared to have been killed in a crocodile attack—the 14th in the last 12 years—which led to calls for a culling of a growing population of the saltwater reptile in Australia's northern territory. It is believed that the boy was taken by a crocodile measuring up to 3m tall while swimming with four friends in a remote car lab in the World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park on Sunday. Before the boy was taken, the crocodile attacked one of his teenage friends, who fought away from the reptile, and suffered bites in the arm. The 12-year-old boy disappeared shortly later. Members of the group who had swam in Mudginberri Billabong, about 170 kilometers east of Darwin, said they believed the crocodile had turned on and taken the missing boy. A large-scale ground, boat, and air search for the boy's body in and around Magela Creek, which feeds the water hole, is ongoing, but has been hampered by poor conditions caused by rainy season. Officers, with orders to shoot to kill any crocodile longer than 3 m, have so far encountered and shot two crocodiles measuring more than 4 m. If confirmed, the boy's death will be the sixth time a child has been killed by a "salter" over the past 12 years. The attack has led to calls by indigenous elders for a culling of reptiles, the number of which has increased uncontrollably in the region over the past three decades. Crocodiles are so numerous in the Northern Territory today that they have even been found pursuing the waterways of suburban Darwin and snatching dogs. Justin O’Brien, head of Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation representing Mirarr traditional owners of the area, said the threat from crocodiles in Kakadu National Park, one of the northern territory's most popular tourist destinations, needs to be addressed urgently. "People have been swimming in these streams for tens of thousands of years. Adults in the community have memories of swimming happily in these waterways,” he told the Northern Territory News. "Over the past 30 years, many traditional owners have said that there are too many crocodiles and that the number has to be handled." Mr. O’Brien said traditional owners wanted a review of the handling of crocodiles in their communities “in response to their increasing number and safety concerns". Last year, a teenager fought a 5m crocodile in the same area, and the region is well signposted as a crocodile danger zone, but lack of recent sightings may have lulled the group of boys into believing that the car lab was safe. The wet season in Kakadu is the most dangerous time of year to swim in water holes and streams. Saltwater crocodiles can grow up to seven meters long and weigh more than a ton. But the smaller reptiles can be equally dangerous, especially for children. Their number has increased steadily since laws were introduced on the protection of saltwater crocodiles in 1971. It is now estimated that some 75,000 to 100,000 roam the northern parts of the country. The last death was in August last year, when a man was taken by a 4.7 m crocodile when he swam across the Mary River, 68 miles east of Darwin. <unk>
– En tonåring som simmade tillsammans med en grupp vänner i Kakadu National Park i Australien igår blev attackerad av en krokodil och rymde – bara för att få krokodilen att gå vidare till en av sina vänner, en 12-åring som nu troddes vara död. Telegraph rapporterar att om den yngre pojken verkligen togs av saltvattenkrokodilen skulle det markera sjätte gången en "saltare" har dödat ett barn de senaste 12 åren, och det har lett till förnyade uppmaningar till en gallring. År 1971 infördes lagar som skyddar saltämnena, och deras led har ökat sedan dess, och så många som 100.000 av dem ockuperar Northern Territory. Sky News rapporterar att tjänstemän kommer att gå till stora delar i ett försök att återvinna pojkens kropp: En fälla har gillrats i Magela Creek, som matar vattenhålet; luft, land och båtsökningar har skett; och varje krokodil som mäter mer än 6,5 fot kan skjutas. Och hittills har två, men att skära upp dem avslöjat inga mänskliga kvarlevor. Och sökandet har hindrats av säsongsöversvämningar, medan bäcken har svällt från en bredd av omkring 650 meter till mer än 3.000 meter. 15-åringen som blev attackerad greps på hans högra arm och sedan hans vänstra, uppger CNN. Baserat på bitmärkena tros krokodilen mäta åtta till nio fot. (En 26-åring dödades av en krokodil i området förra året; mer om det här.) Under tiden har Australien redan lanserat ännu en slakt av hajar.
“A teenager who swam with a group of friends in Kakadu National Park, Australia, yesterday was attacked by a crocodile and escaped – only to get the crocodile to move on to one of his friends, a 12-year-old who was now believed dead. Telegraph reports that if the younger boy was actually taken by the saltwater crocodile it would mark the sixth time a "salter" has killed a child for the past 12 years, and it has led to renewed calls for a culling. In 1971, laws were introduced that protect the salt substances, and their ranks have increased since then, and as many as 100,000 of them occupy the Northern Territory. Sky News reports that officials will go largely in an attempt to recover the boy's body: A trap has been set in Magela Creek, which feeds the water hole; air, land, and boat searches have occurred; and every crocodile measuring more than 6.5 feet can be shot. And so far, two have, but cutting them open revealed no human remains. And the search has been hindered by seasonal flooding, while the creek has swelled from a width of about 650 meters to more than 3,000 meters. The 15-year-old who was attacked was arrested on his right arm and then his left, CNN states. Based on the bite marks, the crocodile is believed to measure eight to nine feet. (A 26-year-old was killed by a crocodile in the area last year; more about this.) Meanwhile, Australia has already launched another slaughter of sharks.