Woman badly hurt in shark attack
A woman is in a serious condition after being bitten by a shark off north-eastern Australia and losing several pints of blood.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Community Services said the woman, 60, had severe lacerations to her buttocks from the attack.
She was transported by dive boat from Dent Island in the Whitsunday Islands of Queensland state to the Australia mainland where she was airlifted to a hospital, the spokeswoman said.
It was the second shark attack in Australia this week. On Thursday, a man was bitten in the leg at a Sydney beach and was treated for minor injuries.