Tourist savaged by crocodile while snorkelling off Queensland coast

27 May 2023 , 13:48

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It is the third crocodile attack in Queensland in the last eight weeks (Image: Getty Images/500px Prime)

A tourist has been brutally attacked by a crocodile while snorkelling in Australia.

The man, believed to be in his 50s from Brisbane, is understood to have been on an excursion with a tourist boat when the attack took place.

He was spotting fish in shallow waters near a remote island in Far North Queensland and suffered serious injuries as a result of the attack.

The incident took place around 2pm today near the white sands and clear waters of Cape Grenville, close to the tip of Australia, 700km north of Cairns, the Mail Online has reported.

The publication says that others around him managed to fend off the croc and get him back to shore where they stemmed the blood and tended to his injuries.

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The incident took place around 2 pm today near the white sands and clear waters of Cape Grenville (Getty Images)

The injured tourist has since been airlifted to Thursday Island for further treatment as authorities launch an investigation into the attack.

It is the third crocodile attack in Queensland in the last eight weeks after previous incidents saw a fisherman eaten by one croc and a dog killed in another incident.

Meanwhile, across the globe in Cambodia, a man died after he fell into a pen of 40 crocodiles.

Luan Nam, 72, was trying to move a crocodile out of a cage where it had laid eggs when it grabbed the stick he was using as a goad and pulled him in.

"While he was chasing a crocodile out of an egg-laying cage, the crocodile attacked the stick, causing him to fall into the enclosure," Mey Savry, police chief of Siem Reap commune, told AFP.

He continued: "Then other crocodiles pounced, attacking him until he was dead."

He said various body parts were covered in bite marks, while one of the arms was bitten off and swallowed by the crocodiles.

The victim was the president of the local crocodile farmers' association.

In 2019, a two-year-old girl was killed and eaten by crocodiles at a similar farm in the area, which is close to the world-famous Angkor Wat temple.

The animals are bred for their eggs, skin and meat in the south-east Asian nation.

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