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An 11-year-old boy swimming in the waters of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was mauled by a shark Tuesday, officials said, the second attack in the area in four days.
The boy was swimming off Heron Island, some 460 kilometres (285 miles) north of Queensland state’s capital Brisbane, when he was attacked, a Queensland Ambulance spokesman told AFP.
“(He had) significant injuries to his left lower calf,” the spokesman said, adding that the wounds were not life-threatening and the boy was en route to hospital in a stable condition.
The attack comes after a 31-year-old man was bitten by a shark — reportedly a three-metre animal — on Saturday while spearfishing off Miall Island, also near the southern end of the reef.
Ambulance officials told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the man sustained the wounds while repeatedly punching the shark until it left.
The boy was swimming off Heron Island, some 460 kilometres (285 miles) north of Queensland state’s capital Brisbane, when he was attacked, a Queensland Ambulance spokesman told AFP.
“(He had) significant injuries to his left lower calf,” the spokesman said, adding that the wounds were not life-threatening and the boy was en route to hospital in a stable condition.
The attack comes after a 31-year-old man was bitten by a shark — reportedly a three-metre animal — on Saturday while spearfishing off Miall Island, also near the southern end of the reef.
Ambulance officials told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the man sustained the wounds while repeatedly punching the shark until it left.
