{"id":312607,"date":"2017-04-20T17:31:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T17:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=312607"},"modified":"2017-04-20T17:31:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T17:31:13","slug":"zimbabwe-dna-tests-prove-hunter-was-killed-by-a-crocodile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/zimbabwe-dna-tests-prove-hunter-was-killed-by-a-crocodile\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe DNA tests ‘prove hunter was killed by a crocodile’"},"content":{"rendered":"
DNA tests on the carcass of a crocodile shot in Zimbabwe have confirmed that it contains the remains of a missing South African hunter, an investigator has told the BBC.<\/p>\n
Scott Van Zyl was killed last week on the banks of the Limpopo river, said Sakkie Louwrens, director of a South-African crime-fighting NGO.<\/p>\n
He said Mr Van Zyl disappeared during a hunting safari last week.<\/p>\n
His death is the latest in a series of fatal crocodile attacks in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
Mr Louwrens told the BBC that Mr Van Zyl had gone on a hunting trip on the Zimbabwe-South Africa border with a local tracker and a pack of dogs.<\/p>\n