A 78 year old man of Musonda Compound in Kitwe has been killed and partially eaten by a crocodile while he was fishing in the Kafue River last night.
Watson Lusale, who had gone fishing around 16:00hrs yesterday, was found dead this morning by the banks of the river by fishermen.
Mr. Lusale, who was a security guard at a private firm, was off duty yesterday and decided to go fishing.
A number of fishermen of Mufuchani area retrieved the body which had intestines and legs missing and also found a torch and a fishing hook the old man was using.
Police officers from Riverside Police Station have picked the body and deposited it in the mortuary at the Kitwe Teaching Hospital.
By broadcast time, Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga had not yet received the report.
