Off the east coast of Australia, a surfer has been attacked by a shark and seriously injured. The shark had bitten the 36-year-old on Sunday morning while surfing at Scotts Head Beach about 490 kilometers north of Sydney, said the police of the state of New South Wales. The seriously injured then rescued the bank, where he found a passerby and alarmed the rescue. The man was flown to a hospital following the attack with severe injuries.
The surfer had suffered a severe leg injury below his right knee, said a spokesman for the rescue service. "He had five deep flesh wounds and lost a lot of blood."
According to statistics from the Taronga Environmental Society, this was already the 24th shark attack off the Australian coast this year.
- Recently, in early November, a man on the east coast of Australia had successfully fended off an attack with his surfboard. The surfer had suffered minor injuries, which he had connected himself before he went to the nearest hospital, said the mayor of the city later.
- In September, a vacationer at the Great Barrier Reef had been attacked: The woman had gone from a yacht in the natural harbor Cid Harbor into the water and been bitten in the thigh. A doctor, who happened to be nearby, stopped the bleeding - a little later the seriously injured man was taken by helicopter to a clinic.
- A little later it came in the same natural harbor near the island of Whitsunday Iceland in Queensland to another shark attack. A twelve-year-old had come to hospital with a serious leg injury, the helicopter rescue said.
It was initially unclear which shark species was responsible for the current attack. As more and more people practice water sports in Australia, shark attacks are becoming more common. Deaths are rare.