Australia : An Australian Army soldier suffered serious head and chest injuries after being mauled by a crocodile that attacked him late on Friday, with a colleague who came to his rescue in Queensland’s far north also bitten.
Two Australian Defense Force personnel have been attacked by a crocodile, but it is not clear whether they were on duty when the reptile struck them in far north Queensland.
A soldier has suffered head, chest and arm injuries after a crocodile crushed him and an army colleague who had gone to his aid.
The two are being treated at Cairns Hospital after being attacked by reptiles in crocodile-infested waters north of the Lockhart River, a remote Aboriginal community on the Cape York Peninsula, on Friday afternoon.
Lockhart River Mayor Wayne Butcher said they had gone swimming in a known crocodile habitat.
The Defense Department told reporters that both men were military personnel, but did not disclose whether they were on duty when the attack took place.
The ambulance service said the most seriously injured person, aged 20, suffered head, chest and arm injuries. His condition is serious but stable.
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