Australian 12-year-old bitten by shark dies

Sydney: A 12 year old boy bitten by a shark in Australia s Sydney Harbour has died of his injuries, his family said on Saturday. Nico Antic s paren...

Sydney: A 12-year-old boy bitten by a shark in Australia's Sydney Harbour has died of his injuries, his family said on Saturday.

Nico Antic's parents said their son died of the injuries suffered when a large shark attacked him last week as he and his friends were jumping into the water.

"We are heartbroken to share that our son, Nico, has passed away," Lorena and Juan Antic said in a statement.

At the time of the attack, the children were leaping into the water off a six-metre (20-foot) rock in the eastern Sydney suburb of Vaucluse.

Recent heavy rain had drained into the harbour, turning the water murky, police said.