A shocking video allegedly shows the moment a boy’s remains were cut from a dead crocodile.
In the smartphone footage, several villagers in the village in Zimbabwe can be seen standing over the reptile.
A few of the men from Mushumbi Pools, in northern Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland Central Province, then cut the animal open.
Witnesses were shocked when the villagers pulled out what is believed to be the remains of an eight-year-old boy who had recently gone missing.
Local reporter Simbarashe Sithole, who works for Bulawayo24, said: ‘The crocodile was shot and was then cut open. The boy’s remains were found in the beast’s stomach.’
Mr Sithole said a source told him the boy had been buried on Wednesday.
There has been an increase of crocodiles in the area following heavy rain, which raised river and dam levels.
Villagers also allegedly found a fisherman’s remains in another crocodile that was shot dead in Mashonaland East.