Beachgoer 'seriously injured' in reported shark attack
Emergency services received a report of an attack on Thursday afternoon.
Emergency services are responding to reports of a shark attack that has left one person with serious injuries.
According to South Australian Police, they received a report of a shark attack near Ethel Beach in Innes National Park on the Yorke Peninsula at 1.30pm on Thursday.
Initial information from the scene reported one person has been "seriously injured". Paramedics have rushed to the scene.
Several shark attacks over the Christmas period
If confirmed, this would be the fifth shark attack in South Australia in 2023 and comes just days after two other Aussies were bitten by sharks in NSW and WA over Christmas.
On Christmas Day, a teenage surfer was bitten by a shark at about 4.30pm while surfing at Old Bar on the Mid-North Coast of NSW. The bite was almost deadly as it was just a few centimetres from the young male's femoral artery.
A day earlier, on Christmas Eve, a 46-year-old father was bitten by a shark on his ankle off Wedge Island, WA after falling off his board and "straight into" its mouth. The man, who was holidaying with his family, was left with more than 20 puncture wounds and had to race 2.5 kilometres back to shore with his injury.
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