Wildlife officers euthanise crocodile after fatal attack on 16-year-old boy in Torres Strait

Four-metre animal found during spotlight searches near Saibai Island on Friday night and humanely euthanised' a day later

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Wildlife officers have euthanised a large crocodile believed to have killed a 16-year-old boy in the Torres Strait last week.

The teenager, and a 13-year-old boy, reportedly attempted to swim back to Saibai Island from a broken-down dinghy early Thursday morning last week, Queensland police said, with the younger boy making it to safety.