An Australian Army soldier sustained serious head and chest injuries after being hurt by a crocodile that attacked him late on Friday, Australian media reported, with a colleague who came to his rescue in Queensland's far north also bitten. Australian media said the two soldiers were swimming near a coastal fishing village on the Cape York Peninsula, about 800 kilometres north of Cairns, when attacked. 

"Two blokes have been swimming in croc-infested waters. One got attacked and the other one tried to help," the media quoted. The soldier who came to aid his colleague suffered arm and wrist injuries, according to media reports. Later Queensland's Department of Environment said that they would further investigate the incident, with a team of wildlife officers was due to reach the remote area only later on Saturday.

According to data from the Northern Territory government, the state with the highest number of crocodiles in Australia, there are between 100,000 and 200,000 saltwater crocodiles, native to northern Australia, living in the wild in the country.

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