A Protestant pastor who was baptising followers near a lake in northern Ethiopia has been killed by a crocodile, police and residents have told BBC Amharic.
About 80 people were being baptised when Pastor Docho Eshete lost his life on Sunday morning, at the lake in Arba Minch town's Merkeb Tabya district.
"He baptized the first person and he passed on to another one. All of a sudden, a crocodile jumped out of the lake and grabbed the pastor pushing aside the person he was baptizing," local resident Ketema Kairo told the BBC.
Residents and fishermen made a huge effort to save Pastor Docho but were unsuccessful, policeman Eiwnetu Kanko said.
"They only managed to get his dead body... They were unable to save him," Eiwnetu added.
Source: BBC
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hedied winning souls for God. RIP SOLDIER
Pastor Docho 'paaaaaa', i can't think far. This crocodile will go to hell on judgement day for 'thou shall not kill'. Angel Obinim's 'awaam' plaster would have saved him, we need Paul Kagame to restructure this 'azaaaa' angels, pastors, apostles and their so called churches in Ghana, how can a pastor ask his congregation to bring their panties to him to bless them, and they ignorantly obliged and complied, hmmnnnnnnn, again i can't think far.