NOUMEA: A 37-year-old man was badly bitten on the foot by a shark on Christmas Day in northern New Caledonia, police and firefighters said on Thursday.

The victim was snorkeling near the beach of Linderalique at Hienghene, a village located to the north-east of the archipelago.

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