A teenage boy has suffered serious injuries in a shark attack on the NSW Far North Coast on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to Norris Headland at Cabarita Beach, located between Byron Bay and the Tweed, shortly before 4pm.<\/p>\n
The 16-year-old was bitten on his right arm and right leg, after being attacked while swimming, NSW Surf Lifesaving CEO Stephen Pearce told the ABC.<\/p>\n
“At this stage I’m unsure of the severity of injuries, but I’m told there were traumatic injuries to the right arm and right leg,” he said.<\/p>\n
NSW Ambulance said he was being flown to a Gold Coast hospital in a serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n
A video on social media showed the boy being carried up the beach by surfers and other beachgoers.<\/p>\n
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Bystanders tied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding before paramedics arrived at the scene, a NSW Ambulance spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“I’m not sure whether he was with any other friends at the time of the incident, but by the time our lifeguards got there he had already had a tourniquet applied to those impacted limbs,” Mr Pearce said.<\/p>\n
A jet ski was used to clear other surfers from the water.<\/p>\n
A second chopper patrolled the area but no shark activity was sighted.<\/p>\n
Mr Pearce said with whales migrating up and down the coast at this time of the year, there was always more shark activity around the place.<\/p>\n
“Cabarita Beach is a beautiful, picturesque beach and unfortunately I think it might be a case of ‘wrong time, wrong place’ at this stage for the young fella,” he said.<\/p>\n
He said the beach will remain closed until Monday, with a decision to be made then about when it will reopen.<\/p>\n
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