The boy was flown to hospital after the attack in Kakadu National Park (Picture: Shutterstock / GTS Productions)
A boy has been left with critical injuries in hospital after being attacked by a crocodile in Australia.
The nine-year-old was flown to the Royal Darwin Hospital after the attack on Saturday in Kakadu National Park.
The boy sustained a number of puncture wounds after being bitten by the reptile near Munmalary Homestead between the South Alligator and East Alligator Rivers.
CareFlight NT, which operates the Top End Medical Retrieval Service on behalf of the Northern Territorial Government, reported how the boy was airlifted to hospital from the town of Jabiru.
He was rushed away in a helicopter at 9pm on the day the attack happened in a stable but critical condition.
With a population of 1,000 people, Jabiru is a town built purposefully to service the national park.
The attack took place in Kakadu National Park in Australia (Picture: Shutterstock / Ashley Whitworth)
A CareFlight spokesperson said: ‘The patient was transported to the Jabiru Community Health Centre, CareFlight’s specialist doctor and flight nurse treated the patient at the Jabiru clinic.’
The St John Ambulance emergency communications manager Craig Garraway told the ABC that the child appeared to be ok.
He said it is ‘probably a lucky escape’.
Metro has contacted Parks Australia for comment.
Just a couple of months ago a man was caught up in a serious crocodile attack in that was also in the Northern Territory of Australia.
The farmer was snatched by a large crocodile and narrowly escaped with his life after biting his reptilian captor on the eyelid during the attack in November.
The boy sustained a number of puncture wounds from the crocodile biting him (Picture: John van Hasselt/Sygma via Getty Images)
Cattle herder Colin Deveraux was attacked by a 3.2-metre-long crocodile while repairing fences alone in a remote region of the Northern Territory.
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The farmer, a ‘veteran’ in his sixties, was walking next to a lake when he noticed fish swimming in the middle of its receded water.
But before he could react, he was ambushed by a large male croc, who shot out of the water and ‘latched’ onto his foot.
‘The water had receded and it was down to this dirty water in the middle. I took two steps and the dirty b****** [the crocodile] latched onto my right foot,’ he told ABC.
‘It was a big grab and he shook me like a rag doll and took off back into the water, pulling me in.’
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