A teenager was saved from being eaten by a crocodile after six of his friends “bashed” the reptile, injuring one of its eyes, at Sungai Kampung Mengkabong in Tuaran, Sabah yesterday.

Tuaran District Police chief Mohd Hamizi Halim said the victim, Azlan Arif Abdullah, 16, sustained injuries to his body, right leg and abdomen in the 3.30pm incident...