Australian police said today, Thursday, that they have found remains believed to be those of a missing 12-year-old child who was reported to have been attacked by a crocodile in the northern part of the country.

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The child was reported missing on Tuesday evening after swimming in a creek near “Palumpa”, a remote town with about 350 residents, located 7 hours from “Darwin”, the capital of the Northern Territory, according to “Reuters”.

Erika Gibson from the Northern Territory Police said in a statement: “This is heartbreaking news for the family, the community, and everyone involved in the search.”

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There are over 100,000 crocodiles in the Northern Territory, which is more than six times the size of, but crocodile attacks are relatively rare. A crocodile can grow up to 6 meters in length.

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Police told “ABC” radio that the child and his family had gone to the creek for a holiday, and reports had come in of a black crocodile being seen in the area.