Teenage boy in critical conditioin following shark attack in Aus

12/10/2025 16:58

A teenager has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being bitten by a shark in Australia's far north and remained in a critical condition on Sunday morning.



Emergency services were called to Thursday Island off the north coast of the Australian state of Queensland around 6:20 p.m. local time on Saturday following reports that a male aged in his mid-teens had been attacked by a shark while swimming.



The teenager was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening abdominal injuries before being airlifted over 1,000 kilometers to a hospital in the Queensland city of Townsville.



A spokesperson for Queensland Health said that the boy remained in a critical condition on Sunday morning.



The species of shark involved in the attack has not been identified.