Crocodile kills Pastor During Baptism
Written by Heartsong Live on 12th June 2018
A lakeside baptism ceremony ended in disaster when a large crocodile leapt from the water and killed the pastor, it has been reported. As soon as he started the mass baptism for 80 people on the shores of Lake Abaya in southern Ethiopia, Docho Eshete was allegedly grabbed by the crocodile.
“He baptised the first person and he passed on to another one,” Speaking to the the BBC, local resident Ketema Kairo said “All of a sudden, a crocodile jumped out of the lake and grabbed the pastor.”
Pastor Docho was said to have been bitten on his legs, back and hands. As his horrified congregation looked on, local fishermen reportedly struggled to rescue him. It was said they succeeded only in using their nets to prevent the crocodile from taking the 45-year-old’s body into the lake, near the city of Arba Minch.
The crocodile is understood to have escaped. Lake Abaya, Ethiopia’s second largest lake, is said to be beautiful, but the Lonely Planet travel guide warns: “It has a large population of crocodiles, which are said to be aggressive towards people and animals because the lake has few fish, their preferred food.”
Culled from Independent News
