by Staff Writer 02-07-2020 | 10:25 PM
COLOMBO (News1st): A police officer has died after being attacked by a crocodile at the Nilwala river in Matara on Wednesday.
Athula Wadanambi, 54, had been attacked when attempting to recover a mobile phone of his friend that had fallen into the river.
He had been on leave from duty owing to illness.
"He told me he felt a crocodile was pulling him from his legs and went underwater. I did not see anything thereafter," his friend said recalling the tragedy.
The body of the deceased officer who is a father of four is yet to be recovered.