Australia news This article is more than 14 years oldDNA tests confirm remains of Australian girl killed by crocodile
This article is more than 14 years oldPolice say remains found in swamp are those of 11-year-old Briony Anne GoodsellDNA tests have confirmed human remains found in an Australian swamp are those of an 11-year-old girl snatched by a crocodile, police said today.
The remains of Briony Anne Goodsell were found on Monday, one day after she vanished while swimming with her younger sister and two other children in a swamp on the outskirts of the northern city of Darwin.
DNA test results confirmed the remains found in water about 450 metres from where the girl disappeared were Briony's, the Northern Territory police spokeswoman Sue Bradley said.
The children who had been swimming with Briony told police they saw the head and tail of a crocodile splash the surface of the water near where she had disappeared moments earlier.
Officials called off the search for the crocodile on Tuesday, saying they believed the creature had moved into crocodile-infested flood plains.
The girl's death was the second fatal crocodile attack in Australia in five weeks. On 8 February, a five-year-old boy vanished from the edge of a river in north-east Australia and officials later confirmed an attack when his remains were found in the stomach of a 4.3-metre (14ft) crocodile.
Last September, a 62-year-old man was killed by a crocodile in another north-eastern river while checking crab pots.
Crocodiles have become plentiful in Australia's tropical north since they were protected by federal law in 1971.
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