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| Man dies in shark attack in Australia's New South Wales | Man dies in shark attack in Australia's New South Wales |
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| A man has been killed in a shark attack on the New South Wales north coast, police say, a day after another man was injured by a shark in the same area. | A man has been killed in a shark attack on the New South Wales north coast, police say, a day after another man was injured by a shark in the same area. |
| Police said the man, believed to be a Japanese national, died at Shelly Beach near Ballina, some 730km (452 miles) north of Sydney. | |
| Surfers helped him to shore and performed first aid, but the man died. | Surfers helped him to shore and performed first aid, but the man died. |
| There have been several shark attacks off Australia's beaches in recent years. | There have been several shark attacks off Australia's beaches in recent years. |
| The attack happened around 09:45 (22:45 GMT Sunday) on Monday, police said. Friends of the man rushed him to shore to try to save him, but could not. | |
| "Because both legs were gone, he bled to death very quickly,'' the Associated Press news agency quoted Ballina Mayor David Wright as saying. | |
| A cafe owner, identified only as Karen, was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying the shark "just came up between a bunch of surfers". | |
| "They weren't even that far out," she reportedly said. | |
| Beaches in the area have been closed, with this incident coming soon after a 35-year-old man was attacked on his surf board off Seven Mile Beach near Byron Bay, only 30km north of Ballina. | |
| He was reported to have suffered a cut to his back and puncture wounds to his buttocks, but was stable after driving himself to hospital on Monday. | He was reported to have suffered a cut to his back and puncture wounds to his buttocks, but was stable after driving himself to hospital on Monday. |
| "I just freaked out," Jabez Reitman said of his attack by a shark estimated to be 2-3m (7-10ft) long on Sunday. "I thought it was a dolphin at first until I started feeling and realised it was pretty significant lacerations." | |
| Concern has grown over shark attacks recently. A 50-year-old Briton was killed by a shark in Byron Bay in September 2014. | |
| Western Australia has also seen a series of attacks but attempts by its government to introduce a shark cull were dropped last year. | |
| Baited traps known as drum lines had been set up along seven beaches to catch sharks, catching more than 170 during a 13-week trial in early 2014. | Baited traps known as drum lines had been set up along seven beaches to catch sharks, catching more than 170 during a 13-week trial in early 2014. |
| None was great white sharks, however, to which most of the recent fatal attacks had been attributed. | |
| The state's environmental regulator blocked the controversial policy, citing "a high degree of scientific uncertainty" about the impact on the white shark population. | The state's environmental regulator blocked the controversial policy, citing "a high degree of scientific uncertainty" about the impact on the white shark population. |
| Shark attacks in Australia | Shark attacks in Australia |
| Sources: Tarong.org.au, Australian media reports | Sources: Tarong.org.au, Australian media reports |