[THEGUARDIAN] The body of a British journalist believed to have been killed by a crocodile has been found in Sri Lanka.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 La Belle 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."