A Protestant pastor, Docho Eshete, was reportedly attacked and killed by a crocodile while baptising some members of his congregation.
Docho Eshete was conducting the ceremony for about 80 people on Sunday morning at Lake Abaya in Arba Minch town’s Merkeb Tabya district.
Residents who narrated the story to BBC said the crocodile leapt from the water during the baptism and attacked him. A local resident Ketema Kairo said.
“He baptised the first person and he passed on to another one. All of a sudden, a crocodile jumped out of the lake and grabbed the pastor.”
Sadly Pastor Eshete died after being bitten on his legs, back and hands.
However, the fishermen and residents used fishing nets to prevent the crocodile from taking the pastor’s body into the lake but the crocodile escaped.
