An elderly woman 'committed
suicide' by jumping into a crocodile pit, it has been reported.
According
to the Bangkok Post, 65-year-old Wanpen Inyai threw herself into a pit with
more more than 1,000 crocodiles at the Samut Prakarn Crocodile Farm & Zoo
in the Thai capital. The
incident happened on Friday, she left her Bangkok home earlier the same day.
Witnesses
claimed to see the woman intentionally jumped into the pond while footage from
a security camera confirmed she left her shoes on a walkway before making the
fatal jump, the paper reports.
Pol
Col Preecha Iamnui, Muang Samut Prakarn police investigator said when he
arrived at the scene, farm owners and staff were trying to use long sticks to
ward off dozens of crocodiles tearing at her body.
Sunan
Tharmnat, Wanpen's sister, told the Post the victim had been depressed and did
not talk to anyone for several days before she disappeared. She
and family members went to file a missing-person's report with Rom Klao police
the day she went missing, but were told to wait 24 hours, as required by
law.
A
picture of Wanpen's body being approached by a crocodile was circulated online
over the weekend
On its
website, Samut Prakarn Crocodile Farm & Zoo is described as 'the world's
largest crocodile farm' which has been open since 1950.
There
are 100,000 crocodiles and other wild animals across 300 acres.
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