This is the chilling moment a killer crocodile surfaced with the body of a housewife in its jaws.

The 13ft estuarine reptile pounced on Nurhawati Zihura, 46, while she was washing her feet in the seawater next to her coastal village in North Sumatra, Indonesia, this morning.

Shocked locals heard her screams but could only watch as the beast thrashed her body in a haunting 'death roll' to disorientate her.

The croc then dragged away the mother-of-four as she disappeared below the surface close to the Deaa Orahili Beach in the Pulau-Pulau Batu district of South Nias Regency.

Shockingly, the animal emerged around an hour later clutching Nurhawati's lifeless body in its jaws.

Footage shows how locals threw dead chickens into the water to distract the deadly croc and make it release the body.

CPR was attempted but Nurhawati was already dead. The crocodile was later caught and shot dead by worried locals.

Resident Agustinus, 40, said: 'I saw the crocodile attacking Nurhawati on the surface of the water. We shouted but it would not release her. It was a terrible sight, worse than any of the scenes of hell. Her blood was spilling into the water.

'Later on, the crocodile appeared with her body in its mouth. We went out in boats and fed chicken to crocodile, so it would eat that instead of her.'

Fendi, one of Nurhawati's relatives, said she had ventured into the shallows to wash her feet as she had been feeling unwell.

He added: 'She wanted to bathe in the seawater to clean her feet. She thought it would help to her feel better.

'Many people bathe in the sea and we think that if we stay close to the shore we will be safe. Now the crocodiles are more dangerous than before.'

Residents pulled Nurhawati onto a boat and took her ashore where she was pronounced dead. A funeral service was held in the evening.

Local police and soldiers continued searching for the crocodile and it was dragged ashore in the afternoon. A policeman shot the animal dead.

Officials are now calling for the government to take action to prevent further crocodile attacks