4th shark attack in 2 days shuts down beaches
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A 12-year-old mauled by a shark in Australia’s Sydney Harbour has been identified as Nico Antic, with a family friend saying the boy had suffered “devastating injuries”. Antic was attacked on Sunday afternoon while swimming with friends near Shark Beach in Vaucluse, an affluent harbourside suburb in Sydney’s east.
A male surfer is recovering from a chest wound after being bitten by a shark on Australia’s Mid North Coast on Tuesday, Jan. 20, according to the New South Wales Police Force.
Authorities believe aggressive bull sharks follow fish into shallow waters after storms, increasing the risk to swimmers and surfers.
SHARK mayhem has shaken Australia’s New South Wales coastline after a fourth vicious attack in the space of just 48 hours. A 39-year-old surfer “sustained a wound to his chest”