About 40 crocodile killed a Cambodian man, luan Nam on Friday after he fell into their enclosure on his family’s reptile farm, police said.
The 72yr old was trying to move a crocodile out of a cage where it had laid eggs when it grabbed the stick he was using as a goad and pulled him in.
Then other crocodile pounced, attacking him until he was dead, ‘he said.
He added that the remains of the man’s body were covered with bite marks.
The body was pictured, recovered, after the incident, but police said the man’s arm was torn off and swallowed by the crocodile.
Local news reported that the victim was from Po Banteay Chey village within the siem reap commune, outside of the city.
Siem reap is the second largest city in Cambodia, home to the Angkor wat Buddhist temple complex.
Angkor wat is considered the world’s largest religious structure.
Nam was also named as the president of the country’s crocodile association.
He was said to have died at around 5am on may 26 2023.