Fears grow for 12-year-old girl missing after suspected NT crocodile attack

Police said they were still running an active search but the NT police minister suggested it was in a ‘recovery’ stage

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Fears were growing for a 12-year-old girl more than 36 hours after she went missing after a suspected crocodile attack near the remote Northern Territory community of Palumpa.

The girl was last seen swimming at Mango Creek, about 350km south-west of Darwin, and was reported missing about 5.30pm on Tuesday. Early reports said the child had been attacked by a crocodile.

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