The popular Sydney Harbor became the scene of a brutal shark attack on Sunday afternoon. The victim is only a 13-year-old boy who was attacked by a predator right at Shark Beach in the eastern suburbs of Vaucluse.
A teenager was attacked by a shark in Australia’s Sydney Harbor on Sunday and is in critical condition, according to local police. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
- A teenager was attacked by a shark in Sydney, he is in critical condition.
- Police are urging people to stay away from the water in the area.
- The boy was pulled from the water and treated on a boat.
- The number of shark attacks in Australia is on the rise.
- Scientists also blame the changing climate for the increase in attacks.
Police are advising people to avoid entering nearby waters
A shark attacked a 13-year-old boy this afternoon off Shark Beach, New South Wales State Police said, with injuries likely suggesting it was a large shark.
Police pulled the boy from the water near the beach in the harbor in Sydney’s east, in the suburb of Vaucluse. The boy was given first aid on board the police boat and two medical tourniquets were applied to his seriously injured legs. The paramedics then took him to a children’s hospital.
“Swimmers are advised to avoid entering nearby waters at this time,” police said.
Increase in shark attacks
Since 1791, there have been more than 1,280 incidents with sharks in Australia, of which more than 250 ended in death, writes AFP.
Scientists say the increase in shark attacks is being contributed to by increasing settlement of coastal areas and rising ocean temperatures, which appear to be affecting shark migration patterns, despite overfishing leading to the decline of some species.
