A spearfisherman has been severely injured by a shark in off Hinchinbrook Island in northern Queensland, Australia.
Glenn Dickson had just jumped into the water from a rock when he was bitten several times by what was possibly a bull or tiger shark on February 17.
Friends of the 26-year-old heard his screams and quickly pulled him from the water.
Dickson was bitten several times on the leg and was rapidly losing blood.
One of his friends, who is an ex-serviceman and is trained in first aid, tied a tourniquet around Dickson’s leg to stop the bleeding. Paramedics were alerted at around 10:30 a.m.
The friends took Dickson by boat to Cardwell, where he was transported to Cairns hospital by helicopter in critical condition.
There have been a total of 12 shark attack bites in 2017, none of which were fatal; 4 were reported in the US, all of which occurred in Florida. Four occurred in Australia, all in Queensland including one with no injury.
All locations have been marked on the 2017 shark attack bites tracking map.
