Tourist killed, another injured in shark attack on Australian beach
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Police said a woman believed to be in her 20s died at the scene.
A Swiss tourist was killed and another seriously injured in a shark attack while swimming at a beach on the east coast of Australia.
Police said a woman believed to be in her 20s died at the scene while a man, also believed to be in his 20s, was airlifted in critical condition to a hospital in Newcastle, a city about 160 kilometres north of Sydney.
Emergency services were called on Thursday morning to Kylies Beach at Crowdy Bay near Port Macquarie, approximately 350 km north of Sydney, after reports of a shark biting two people, New South Wales state police said.
Police Chief Insp. Timothy Bayly said at a news conference that the pair knew each other.
The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that both victims are Swiss nationals, Reuters reported.
“One Swiss national lost her life, and another Swiss national was injured,” it said in a statement.
New South Wales Ambulance Supt. Josh Smyth said a witness at the beach applied a “makeshift tourniquet,” potentially saving the man’s life and giving emergency services time to treat him.
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