SYDNEY — A 65-year-old man has been mauled by a shark as a spate of attacks continued off Australia’s most populous state.
Police say in a statement the man was paddling a surf ski near the New South Wales state town of Forster, 300 kilometers (185 miles) north of Sydney, when he was attacked on Friday.
He was flown by helicopter for emergency surgery to a leg injury. The state ambulance service described the injury as serious.
Two weeks ago, a surfer suffered life-threatening injuries when he was attacked by a shark at Port Macquarie, 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Forster.
Three weeks earlier, a surfer was seriously injured as he repeatedly punched a shark that mauled him off Evans Head, 230 kilometers (140 miles) north of Port Macquarie.