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Solomon diver dies in crocodile attack - Fiji Times Online
SOLOMON Is: A MAN in his 20s died yesterday in a crocodile attack just outside Barasipo Village, about 20 metres from the shore of Vonavona Lagoon in the Western Province.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force said the man was believed to have gone on a diving trip with another man yesterday where he was attacked.
Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Western, Chief Superintendent Mathias Lenialu said the death was now being investigated and the findings to be submitted to the coroner for determination.
Chief Superintendent Lenialu urged the people to be more careful of crocodiles if sighted in the sea, at coastal areas, rivers, creeks and streams.