Ugandan fisherman hunts down and kills crocodile that ate his pregnant wife.

A Ugandan fisherman tracked down and killed a giant crocodile after it ate his pregnant wife as she collected firewood at the edge of a lake.

Demeteriya Nabwire, who is reported by local media to have been eight months pregnant, was devoured early on Sunday morning on the shores of Lake Kyoga in eastern Uganda.

Locals found the slippers she was wearing, along with several toes and fingers and a mobile phone at the spot where she was attacked, Uganda’s New Vision reported.

Her husband, Mubalak Batambuze, 56, armed himself with a spear and tracked the crocodile down before killing it.

He was hailed as a hero by locals who believe that the same crocodile was responsible for the deaths of six other people, including women and children, and severe injuries inflicted on five more people.