Shark attacks tourist in Solomons

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A shark attack in a remote area of the Solomon Islands has left an Australian man with severe cuts to his face and neck.

The 34-year-old, unofficially named by media as Sydneysider Benjamin D'Emden, was attacked yesterday while swimming at a remote island resort.

A spokesman from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the man suffered lacerations to his face and neck.

He was medically evacuated to the National Referral Hospital in the nation's capital of Honiara and remains in a stable condition.

The Australian High Commission in Honiara is providing the man with consular assistance and he is in contact with his family in Australia.

- AAP