Man Dies In Suspected Shark Attack In Sydney, Several Beaches Closed

Last Updated:September 06, 2025, 10:40 IST

A man died in a suspected large shark attack Sydney. New South Wales police recovered his body and surfboard parts; several beaches are closed.

Man Dies In Suspected Shark Attack In Sydney (Reuters)

In a suspected attack by a ‘large shark’, a man died on a beach in Sydney. As per Australia’s New South Wales police, the emergency services pulled the man’s body out of the morning surf onto the shore at Long Reef Beach.

The incident happened on Saturday, prompting the closure of several beaches. The official also added that parts of a surfboard have been recovered and taken for expert examination.

As per the police, the state emergency service received a call at around 10:00 am local time on Saturday (00:00 GMT) that “a man had suffered critical injuries".

The victim’s identity was yet to be confirmed.

Local police officers and experts would work together to “determine the species of shark involved".

8-year-old Boy Bitten by Shark

An 8-year-old boy was flown to a Miami trauma center after a shark bit him in the ocean off the Florida Keys on Labor Day, authorities said.

The boy was snorkeling off the ocean side of Key Largo when the shark bite happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. Monday, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. The boy was with his father and a sibling off a reef at the time.

The child suffered bite wounds to the left leg, was taken to shore by a snorkeling and diving charter service’s vessel, and then airlifted to a Miami hospital “for specialized trauma treatment and advanced medical care," the Key Largo Fire Department said in a release.

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