He wrestled a huge crocodile to save his sister from his teeth
Nine-year-old Regemia Heekera was fetching water from the Kavango River in Kavango West, Namibia, when a huge crocodile suddenly attacked her, grabbing her inner thigh and the left side of her torso with its teeth.
But Regemia, who was screaming in pain, survived the crocodile's attempt to drag her into the depths of the river when her older brother, Johannes Ndara, 19, jumped towards her and wrestled the beast holding his jaws, allowing the little girl to break free from his teeth.
According to what the young teenager narrated the incident to the "New Era" website, the two brothers went towards the river in an attempt to fish or get something that could be cooked, then they decided to fetch water from the river bank to feed the vegetables that their parents grow.
"My sister was behind me when we went downstream to fill our buckets, and I just heard her scream from behind and when I turned around, (I saw that) the crocodile grabbed her," Johannes added.
Johannes said that he immediately jumped into the water and grabbed the crocodile by its jaws, and fought it until it was released.
"After that, I felt paralyzed and I took her in my arms and we cried at the river's edge."
The victim was taken to Bunia Health Center before being transferred to Rundu Intermediate Hospital, where she is being treated for her injuries.
He is reported to be in stable condition.
The incident prompted authorities to issue a new warning about the dangers of crocodiles, which kill nearly 1,000 people globally each year.
"The public should be careful when they are on the river banks, especially with the water level rising," senior human rights advocate Richard Engora told Namibian outlets New Era.
He explained, "Vision becomes weak, and therefore crocodiles cannot be seen, and people must have company, and this is what helped the girl who was attacked, and her older brother saved her."
He continued, "We have sent an employee to monitor the area and see if we can catch the crocodile and move it to an area away from people to avoid harming people. We are also guided by politics and try by all means to limit any other danger that a wild animal may cause to humans because once a crocodile has tasted human blood and with Without other sources of food, it is likely that these animals will seek to hunt humans, which is why we always try to move them or get rid of them to reduce the chances of them happening again.”
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