The Guardian :
Sri Lankan police said the body of 24-year-old Paul McClean, who worked for the Financial Times, had been recovered a day after he was seen being dragged into a lagoon by a crocodile.
James Lamont, the FT’s managing editor, said: “Our thoughts are with his family, friends and loved ones. We are in touch with them, doing all we can to help during this difficult time.”
Lamont described McClean as “a talented, energetic and dedicated young journalist” who had “a great career ahead of him at the FT”. Divers found McClean’s body in the mud of a lagoon in the coastal village of Panama, 225 miles (360km) east of the capital, Colombo. “There were six or seven wounds on his right leg,” a police official told the Agence France-Presse news agency. “The body was stuck in mud at about the same place where he was seen last by some others who were with him.” A postmortem examination later on Friday will formally establish the cause of death.
McClean was on holiday in Sri Lanka with friends. Witnesses told reporters he had wandered away to find a toilet when he stumbled into an area known to be infested with crocodiles. He had been taking surfing lessons and was pulled into the water while washing his hands, they claimed. Other holidaymakers alerted police after McClean disappeared and a search was mounted with the help of navy divers.
Sri Lankan police said the body of 24-year-old Paul McClean, who worked for the Financial Times, had been recovered a day after he was seen being dragged into a lagoon by a crocodile.
James Lamont, the FT’s managing editor, said: “Our thoughts are with his family, friends and loved ones. We are in touch with them, doing all we can to help during this difficult time.”
Lamont described McClean as “a talented, energetic and dedicated young journalist” who had “a great career ahead of him at the FT”. Divers found McClean’s body in the mud of a lagoon in the coastal village of Panama, 225 miles (360km) east of the capital, Colombo. “There were six or seven wounds on his right leg,” a police official told the Agence France-Presse news agency. “The body was stuck in mud at about the same place where he was seen last by some others who were with him.” A postmortem examination later on Friday will formally establish the cause of death.
McClean was on holiday in Sri Lanka with friends. Witnesses told reporters he had wandered away to find a toilet when he stumbled into an area known to be infested with crocodiles. He had been taking surfing lessons and was pulled into the water while washing his hands, they claimed. Other holidaymakers alerted police after McClean disappeared and a search was mounted with the help of navy divers.
