Man mauled by shark whereas snorkelling in horror assault
The man was swimming in waters on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland in Australia when it happened and he has been airlifted to hospital for treatment.
The man was mauled by shark while snorkelling in horror attack
A man has been airlifted to hospital after being attacked by a shark. The swimmer, an unnamed man in his 50s, was snorkelling when the horror attack happened.
The man was swimming in waters on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland in Australia when it happened.
He was attacked as he enjoyed an early morning swim with pals at around 8am.
He was part of a group of three friends snorkelling on the western side of Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort and all three managed to swim, even while injured, back to shore to alert others and ask for help.
Emergency services were called and quickly dispatched to the scene to help the man.
A Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) spokeswoman said the man sustained a “deep laceration to his arm and superficial lacerations to his abdomen and hand” following the attack from the beast in the water.
He was flown to Bundaberg Base Hospital in a stable condition and is said to be still receiving treatment.
Lady Elliot Island has closed the western snorkelling zones until further notice to swimmers while investigations are ongoing.
It is not known what type of shark was involved, say investigators, but it is one of many shark attacks which have been plaguing the area in recent weeks.
In January a 12 year old little boy was mauled to death by a shark in Sydney Harbour while swimming with friends near Shark Beach at Nielsen Park and just before this another attack had taken place in the nearby vicinity.
Musician Andre de Ruyter, 27, was hospitalised after being bitten on the right leg while surfing at Manly on January 16.
And in another incident earlier that day, an 11-year-old boy escaped injury after being knocked off his surfboard by a shark at a northern Sydney beach.
In another attack, Paul Zvirzdinas, 39, was bitten at a beach on the state’s mid-north coast, about five hours north of Sydney.
