00:03A shark mauled a female swimmer at Coogee Beach in Sydney on Saturday morning, leaving
00:08her seriously injured in the latest incident off the Australian coast.
00:13A series of shark attacks, up to six incidents reported over the past three months, has raised
00:19the alarm among the authorities and swimming enthusiasts.
00:22Emergency services said the 35-year-old victim was bitten by the shark about 30 meters from
00:27the shore.
00:28Residents living near Coogee Beach and swimming enthusiasts who train regularly there said
00:33they were shocked by the incident.
00:36Completely, yeah, shaken, because we're in the water here all the time.
00:40We train here, we swim out in that very spot pretty regularly, so yeah, just in shock.
00:46Yeah, you just don't expect it to happen, you know, there are no risk factors.
00:50It was a spectacular day, clear, calm, just in shock.
00:56Yeah, so we were just up, there were a group of us having coffee, just sitting up on the
01:00grass.
01:00And we heard the shark alarm go off and then we looked out and thought it was initially,
01:06as you do, like a false alarm.
01:07And then we saw just a massive pool of blood and a lady kind of motioning to swim, lots of
01:17splashing and then a ski paddler was out trying to bring her in.
01:22And yeah, then other rescue craft went into the water after that.
01:26When we arrived, we found a 35-year-old had been what we appeared to be attacked by a
01:32large shark.
01:33She has quite massive wounds to her left lower leg and her arms.
01:38She's been stabilized by the medical teams and paramedics on scene and she's been given
01:43blood products whilst here.
01:44She's been transported by road to St. Vincent's Hospital in a serious to critical condition.
01:50Coogee Beach and neighboring beaches in the Randwick Council area have been closed for
01:5524 hours.
01:56A week earlier, a man died after being attacked by a shark while fishing off the coast of Western
02:01Australia State in the latest fatal incident.
02:04Last month, sharks also killed a 39-year-old man on Queensland's Great Barrier Reef and a 38-year-old
02:11victim off an island near Perth.
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