Shark kills teenage surfer in Australia’s New South Wales

A teenage boy has been killed in a shark attack off the northern coastline of New South Wales in japanese Australia, police say.

The 15-year-outdated was surfing when he endured intense leg accidents at Wooli Seaside, 630km (390 miles) north of Sydney, according to witnesses.

Close by surfers arrived to assistance, like one who is documented to have tried using to pull the shark away.

Initially support was specified on the seashore but the boy died at the scene.

“Several board-riders arrived to his guidance right before the wounded teen could be served to shore,” a law enforcement assertion reported.

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An formal investigation has been launched, but the authorities have not produced the name of the teenager

One witness explained the shark might have been a excellent white. They are lively in the place at this time of 12 months.

This is the fifth lethal assault by a shark in Australia this 12 months.

In April, a shark attacked and killed a 23-yr-old Queensland ranger on the Great Barrier Reef.

In yet another deadly attack in June, a shark bit the leg of a surfer off Kingscliff, 800km (500 miles) north of Sydney.

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