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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 86421, member: 27"]
A fishing trip turned fatal after elephants forced a Zambian man into crocodile-infested waters near the Luangwa River on Wednesday.

Nyirenda jumped into the stream, fleeing elephants
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[*]Dean Nyirenda, 52, was heading back from fishing with two friends that day.
[*]The group ran when elephants appeared, and he leaped into a nearby stream.
[*]A crocodile grabbed his right thigh while he was in the water.
[*]He fought back by smacking the reptile with a stick he was holding.
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Friends pulled him out, but the bleeding killed him
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[*]His two companions watched from far away, then rushed over to help.
[*]They hauled him away from the riverbank as blood poured from the wound.
[*]The group tried stopping the bleeding, but he died from his injuries later.
[*]Wildlife officers found deep bite marks on his thigh that caused fatal blood loss.
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Luangwa holds some of Africa's densest croc populations
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[*]The Luangwa River cuts through South Luangwa National Park in eastern Zambia.
[*]Conservationists say it has one of the continent's highest Nile crocodile concentrations.
[*]Police chief Robertson Mweemba confirmed the details of the Wednesday attack.
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