A teenager has been killed by a shark attack in
Australia’s east coast. It is the second fatal shark attack in Australia this month - November 2013.
Police say the victim is believed to be around 18 years old.
He was body boarding about 330ft offshore near the northern New South Wales
city of Coffs Harbour when he was bitten on the legs.
The teenager’s friends got him back to the beach, where
paramedics tried to save him. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
Last Saturday a 35 year old surfer was fatally mauled by
a shark attack a beach near the Western
Australia community of Grace town,
270km south of Perth.