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Woman killed and man injured in shark attack at Australian beach
A bull shark likely caused the attack at a remote NSW beach, marking the fifth fatal shark incident in Australia this year, police reported.
- On Thursday, a Swiss woman died and a Swiss man was seriously injured in a shark attack at Kylies Beach in Crowdy Bay National Park, about 350 kilometres north of Sydney.
- Authorities say a suspected bull shark attacked the swimmers, and experts will review GoPro footage to confirm the species; the couple, camping after arriving Wednesday, filmed dolphins at secluded, unpatrolled Kylies Beach.
- The injured man was flown by a Westpac rescue helicopter to John Hunter Hospital and has been moved from critical to stable condition after a bystander applied a makeshift tourniquet.
- Beaches at Crowdy Bay have been closed and could stay shut through the weekend as investigations continue; the NSW government will install five SMART drumlines while Fisheries NSW deploys half a dozen drum lines.
- The incident is the fifth fatal shark attack in Australia this year and the second fatality in NSW in two months; officials noted the remote beach access by 4WD delayed emergency services, while drones last year spotted 1000 target sharks requiring 800 interceptions.
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Shark attack in Australia leaves 1 dead, 1 injured
Ayush Kumar/Getty Images (LONDON) — A woman has died, and a man was seriously injured after a shark attack off Australia’s east coast, police said Friday. Emergency services were called to a beach at Crowdy Bay, about 40 miles south of Port Macquarie in New South Wales, around 6:30 a.m. Thursday after reports that two people had been bitten, according to New South Wales Police. A witness helped the victims before paramedics arrived, but the woma…
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First pic of woman mauled to death by shark as boyfriend fights for life after battling sea beast
Tourist Livia Muhlheim was mauled by a shark at Kylies Beach, Crowdy Bay, on Thursday while swimming with partner Lukas Schindler, 26, who was seriously injured trying to save her
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