SYDNEY - A teenager has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being bitten by a shark in Australia's far north and remained in a critical condition on Sunday morning.

Emergency services were called to Thursday Island off the north coast of the Australian state of Queensland around 6:20 pm local time on Saturday following reports that a male aged in his mid-teens had been attacked by a shark while swimming.

The teenager was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening abdominal injuries before being airlifted over 1,000 kilometers to a hospital in the Queensland city of Townsville.

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A spokesperson for Queensland Health said that the boy remained in a critical condition on Sunday morning.

The species of shark involved in the attack has not been identified.