Emergency services say bad weather is preventing them from rescuing a man who was mauled by a shark while diving in the Torres Strait off far north Queensland.
The victim, aged 55, was diving several kilometres from Murray Island on the Great Barrier Reef when he was attacked.
Paramedic Kirk Binnington said the man sustained serious injuries to his upper body in the incident about 12:30pm today.
He is in a stable condition on a boat, however emergency services have not been able to airlift him back to Murray Island, due to bad weather in the area.
"The chopper can't fly there, we can't get to him, it's really bad weather and the helicopter had to turn around," Mr Binnington said.
"[The patient] has had significant blood loss but at the moment they have been able to treat him on the boat, but he will get further treatment at the island."
Ambulance said they were waiting for a break in the weather to send the rescue helicopter to Murray Island to collect the injured diver.
Source: ABC News
Hopefully all works out ok. Unusual given the location - mostly just reef sharks in those waters. Stray tiger maybe?
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