Fellow villagers have praised an Indonesian man for capturing a crocodile longer than four metres on the island of Sulawesi using just a rope.

The giant reptile can be seen in a video being secured around the jaws by Usman, who, like many Indonesians, goes by one name. Usman said it had been roaming the area for at least two days, frightening the inhabitants.

“If we had left it, it would have come onto land and we wouldn’t have been able to go into the rice fields,” the 53-year-old said...