SUKKUR: A small girl playing on the embankment of Nara Canal near RD-115 in the Salehpat area was dragged away by a crocodile on Saturday. Hours-long search for the girl, Saeeda, daughter of Allah Wasayo, by local divers in the crocodiles-infested canal could not succeed in finding her till late in the evening.

Residents of the nearby localities say crocodiles often hunt animals grazing on the Nara Canal embankments.

Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2021

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