A boy, believed to be around 12 years old, is in critical condition after a shark bit him at a beach in Sydney Harbour, Australia. The incident occurred near Shark Beach at Vaucluse, an eastern suburb of Sydney, around 4:20 p.m. local time on Sunday. Emergency services responded to reports of the shark attack.
The NSW Ambulance service mentioned that the boy suffered injuries to both legs and was being rushed to the hospital. The beach was closed, and swimmers were cautioned to avoid entering the water following the attack. In a similar incident last November, one person was killed, and another was seriously injured in a shark attack at a beach in an Australian national park.
Authorities in New South Wales reported that two individuals were bitten by a shark at Crowdy Bay, a national park located 270 km northeast of Sydney. Despite witnesses providing aid, a woman in her 20s died at the scene, while a man of the same age was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition. In a separate incident in October 2025, a teenager was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a shark attack in Australia’s far north.
Emergency services responded to reports of a teenage male being attacked by a shark while swimming off Thursday Island in Queensland. The teenager sustained severe abdominal injuries and was first taken to a local hospital before being airlifted over 1,000 kilometers to a hospital in Townsville.
