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A 55-year-old man died after being attacked by a shark in Western Australia, the eighth shark-related death in the country this year.
Police were called to Cable Beach, a popular tourist spot on Australia’s Indian Ocean coast, around 8.40am on Sunday.
The man was pulled out of the water with serious injuries and was treated by the police before paramedics arrived. He died at the scene, police said.
Local media reports said the man was bitten on the upper thigh and on the hand.
Local media reports said the man was bitten on the upper thigh and on the hand.
The species of shark involved in the attack is unknown.
The species of shark involved in the attack is unknown.
Park rangers immediately closed the beach and a fishing boat was assigned to patrol the area.
The man was the eighth victim to die in a shark attack in Australia this year, the highest since 1929 when nine people were killed.
The most recent previous attack in Esperance, Western Australia, occurred on October 9 when a surfer was dragged off his board by a shark, according to his teammates.
His body was not found despite a three-day search, but his surfboard and parts of his wetsuit were located.
