In a shark attack on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia, a man has been injured. The disaster occurred near the tourist-popular Whitsunday Islands, the authorities said. It was the fourth shark attack in the region in six months.
Rescue workers were summoned to a diving station in the sea Monday after a 25-year-old man had been injured by a shark on his thigh. He does not seem to be in mortal danger, the rescue teams said. The man was flown to a hospital by helicopter, the rescue workers said. The man was flown by helicopter to a hospital.
Only in November, a 33-year-old died after a shark attack in the area. In September, a woman and a 12-year-old girl were severely injured in two shark attacks in September within 24 hours.
Australia is one of the countries with the world's most shark attacks, but fatalities are rare. Shark attacks in the Great Barrier Reef are considered unusual.