Orangutan stabbed, shot and clubbed

A male orangutan on the Indonesian portion of Borneo has died after being stabbed, clubbed and shot at least 130 times with an air gun.

It is the second known killing of a critically endangered orangutan this year.

Villagers spotted the wounded creature in a lake in the Kutai Timur district of East Kalimantan province.

Local police chief Teddy Ristiawan said the great ape was still alive when it was taken to a hospital in the town of Bontang.

An X-ray showed at least 130 airgun pellets in its body, including more than 70 in its head, the centre said.