Surfer, 17, braves shark a ack

– A shark attacked a 17-year-old surfing off Australia’s east coast yesterday, leaving him in hospital with a hip injury, police said.

Emergency services responded to reports that a youth had been bitten by a shark during the morning at Ballina’s popular Lighthouse Beach.

“The youth had suffered a single bite wound to his hip and was taken to Lismore Base Hospital in a stable condition,” New South Wales police said. – AFP