An Australian man was attacked with a sawfish snout during a burglary in the northern state of Queensland, police said.
Police said two thieves broke into a caravan at Bundaberg in south-east Queensland on Tuesday night and attacked the 40-year-old occupant with the fish snout, a length of cartilage with a row of serrated teeth around its outside edge.
The victim suffered cuts to his back, hands and arms in the attack and was treated by paramedics after the assailants fled, they said.
Police later said they had dropped their investigation of the case after the victim withdrew his complaint for reasons that were not made public.
They did not say whether the attackers happened across the sawfish bill in the caravan or deliberately brought it with them as a means of subduing their victim.
Sawfish are a type of ray with a prominent saw-like snout that is used to search the seabed for crustaceans and other prey. They are listed as endangered in Australia. — AFP