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| Man dies after suspected shark attack off Australia's east coast | |
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| A man has died off a beach on Australia’s eastern coast in a suspected shark attack. | A man has died off a beach on Australia’s eastern coast in a suspected shark attack. |
| Local police and paramedics were called to Byron Bay beach, in New South Wales, at around 10.45am after a man in his 40s was bitten on his right leg in the water. | Local police and paramedics were called to Byron Bay beach, in New South Wales, at around 10.45am after a man in his 40s was bitten on his right leg in the water. |
| After floating in the shallows he was spotted by people on the shore and dragged onto land where he was treated by off-duty lifesavers until the arrival of an ambulance crew. | After floating in the shallows he was spotted by people on the shore and dragged onto land where he was treated by off-duty lifesavers until the arrival of an ambulance crew. |
| He was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. | He was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. |
| Beaches in the area, just south of Australia’s famous Gold Coast, have been closed for 24 hours and people are being warned to stay out of the water. | |
| Police and paramedics stand on the beach Surfer Daniel Toole, 26, who was in the water at the time of the attack, noticed a crowd of people shouting at him to get out of the water. | Police and paramedics stand on the beach Surfer Daniel Toole, 26, who was in the water at the time of the attack, noticed a crowd of people shouting at him to get out of the water. |
| “Everyone had got to him and were trying to help him,” he said to ABC News. “They were giving him CPR and just trying to get him back.” | “Everyone had got to him and were trying to help him,” he said to ABC News. “They were giving him CPR and just trying to get him back.” |
| New South Wales police are investigating the identity of the deceased and what he was doing in the water at the time of the attack. | New South Wales police are investigating the identity of the deceased and what he was doing in the water at the time of the attack. |
| There have been at least six fatal shark attacks off the Australian coast in recent years. | There have been at least six fatal shark attacks off the Australian coast in recent years. |
| Only in April a woman died after being attacked swimming off Tathra beach, also in New South Wales. | Only in April a woman died after being attacked swimming off Tathra beach, also in New South Wales. |