Woman attacked by shark at Beachport in SA

A woman has been bitten by a shark at a beach in South Australia's south east.

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00:00 Well, a woman has been taken to Mount Gambier Hospital in a serious condition after a shark

00:06 attack in South Australia's southeast at Beachport.

00:10 Emergency services were called to the Beachport jetty just before 8am this morning after reports

00:16 that a woman had been bitten on the leg by a shark.

00:19 What we're hearing from the scene is this woman was one of a group of 12 swimming at

00:24 the beach at the time.

00:26 Police say the woman was then helped out of the water and given first aid by bystanders

00:31 before paramedics arrived.

00:33 The woman was then taken to Mount Gambier Hospital in serious condition.

00:38 Beachport is a small coastal town situated more than 300km southeast of Adelaide and

00:45 about 30km away from Mount Gambier.

00:49 The well-known tourist destination on South Australia's limestone coast is popular for

00:55 swimming, fishing and surfing.

00:57 The most recent attack in South Australia happened in May when a 46-year-old man died

01:03 on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula near Ellingston.

01:06 Now we'll continue to give you an update on the woman in Beachport and her condition.

01:12 We're also hearing from the scene that people who witnessed it from their boats have also

01:16 gone out to actually search for that shark as well.

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