NSW teen dies after 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd shark attack

A teenage boy has died in a 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd shark attack while surfing off northern NSW.

証言,証人/目撃するs told police a shark attacked the teen at Wilsons Headland at Wooli Beach, north of Coffs Harbour, just before 2.30pm on Saturday.

Board-riders helped the boy to shore and he was given first 援助(する) for serious 脚 傷害s but died at the scene にもかかわらず 成果/努力s to resuscitate him.

Beaches in the area, 含むing Wooli, Diggers (軍の)野営地,陣営 and Minnie Water, have been の近くにd.

Police 最初 said the 犠牲者 was 老年の 17, later 訂正するing that to 15, while paramedics had been told he was 16.

"It's a 悲劇," NSW 救急車 視察官 Scott Acton said.

"No words can 述べる the scene we were 直面するd with today."

Clarence Valley 市長 Jim Simmons said the loss of such a young life was terribly shocking.

He said 訪問者s had flocked to the 地域 for the school holidays and there would likely have been many people in the water.

"What's happened there this afternoon would shake everybody," Mr Simmons told AAP.

"All of our sympathies, from people in the area, go out to the boy's family.

"I just ask people to look out for their safety on the beaches."

It is Australia's fifth 致命的な shark attack this year.

Last Saturday, a 36-year-old 日光 Coast man was mauled while spearfishing off Queensland's Fraser Island.

Last month, Gold Coast surfer 略奪する Pedretti, 60, died after he was attacked at Salt Beach at South Kingscliff in northern NSW.

A shark also killed 23-year-old Queensland 野性生物 特別奇襲隊員 Zachary Robba in April off North West Island in the southern 広大な/多数の/重要な 障壁 暗礁.

Experienced diver Gary Johnson, 57, was killed by a shark 近づく Cull Island in Esperance on Western Australia's south coast in January.

A 報告(する)/憶測 will be 用意が出来ている for the 検死官.

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