US EditionBoy left fighting for life after shark attack at beach in iconic Sydney Harbour
- On Sunday about 4.20pm, a 13-year-old boy was bitten multiple times by a shark at Nielsen Park’s Shark Beach in Vaucluse and is fighting for his life.
- Jumping off rocks at Nielsen Park's rock ledge, the boy was with up to five other children who reportedly tried to assist before emergency services arrived.
- A Water Police officer attached two medical tourniquets and first aid was given aboard the police vessel Water Police 41 before transfer to Rose Bay wharf, where NSW Ambulance paramedics treated him for over an hour.
- He was then taken by road to Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, the beach at Nielsen Park was closed, and swimmers are advised to avoid the water while police cordon the rock ledge and search for the shark.
- Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty said the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is working to identify the species, with injuries consistent with what is believed to have been a large shark at Nielsen Park, a popular family swimming spot in Sydney Harbour.
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In Australia, a teenager (13) was suspected to have been attacked by a shark. He suffered life-threatening injuries on his legs and was taken to a children's hospital. The type of shark is still being examined. The injuries led to a probably large shark. According to the police and rescue services, the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon (local time) near the beach section of Shark Beach in eastern Sydney. The teenager was waded in shallow wat…
The predator bit the boy, about 13, in the late afternoon off Shark Beach.
Teenage Boy Critically Injured in Attack by ‘Large Shark’ at Popular Swimming Spot
The incident took place near Shark Beach in Australia, on Sunday, Jan. 18Getty Sign on a beach warning that a shark has been sightedNEED TO KNOWA teenage boy is in a critical condition after being attacked by a "large" shark in Sydney Harbour, AustraliaThe boy was rushed to the hospital following the incident on Sunday, Jan. 18According to local reports, he was jumping off rocks at the end of the beach when the attack occurredA teenage boy is fi…
A 13-year-old was seriously injured by a shark on Sunday off Shark Beach, Sydney. ...
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Teen in critical condition after shark attack at Sydney beach
The boy suffered severe leg injuries while swimming outside the net enclosure
A boy fights for his life after an attack in the port of Sydney. It is the latest case in an unusually high number of shark attacks.
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