Crocodile bites off Australian woman's arm in savage ‘death roll’ attack

A woman walking her dogs in Australia has had her arm bitten off by a crocodile in a "death roll" attack.

The victim, in her 60s, had been walking at Three Mile Creek in Wyndham when the predator struck on Wednesday afternoon.

The woman stopped a passing car for help after the attack but reportedly needed to be convinced to get into the vehicle as she did not want to get blood on the seats.

After being taken to Wyndham Hospital she was then flown over 200 miles to the Royal Darwin Hospital where she underwent surgery. She is missing her arm from just above the elbow but understood to be in a stable condition.

Michael Snowball, the owner of a cafe near to the creek where the attack happened, said: "It came out of the water and grabbed her and did a death roll and took her arm off near the elbow."

During a death roll a crocodile spins and twists to rip off parts of its prey.

Mr Snowball said it was the first time he had heard about a crocodile attack at the creek, where children swam.