Shark attacks 12-year-old girl near Australia's Great Barrier Reef


  • World
  • Thursday, 20 Sep 2018

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A 12-year-old girl was attacked by a shark in waters off Australia's tropical northeast coast on Thursday, an ambulance official said, the second attack in the tourist region in as many days.

Rescuers were called to Cid Harbour at Whitsunday Island, near the Great Barrier Reef, on Thursday afternoon and found the girl with bad leg injuries, said Tracey Eastwick, the regional ambulance operations manager.

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