Fisherman attacked by crocodile

Published: 12:33AM Wednesday March 17, 2010 Source: AAP

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A professional fisherman has been attacked by a crocodile in the Northern Territory.
  
"At 12.05pm (CST) police received a report via UHF radio that a man had been attacked by a crocodile off the Cobourg Peninsular near Black Point," a police spokeswoman said in a statement.
  
It is believed the 45-year-old man was collecting trepang, better known as sea cucumbers, in waters about 200 kilometres northeast of Darwin, in Arnhem Land, when the two- to three-metre crocodile attacked.
  
The man has been flown to Royal Darwin Hospital, where he is being assessed by medical staff.
  
He had non-life threatening injuries to his head and shoulders, police said.

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