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A man is in a critical condition after he was attacked by a shark at Manly Beach on Monday evening, marking the third shark attack in Sydney in two days.
Emergency responders were called to Manly just before 6.30pm on Monday following the reports the man was attacked. He has suffered lacerations to his leg and is being treated by intensive care paramedics on the shoreline near the North Steyne Surf Life Saving Club.
First responders tend to the man bitten by a shark at Manly.Credit: Facebook
Several ambulance vehicles and a helicopter have been deployed to Manly. Hordes of beachgoers watched from the Manly foreshore as first responders administered CPR to the man while ambulances wait by the road.
An emergency helicopter landed on the Manly shoreline shortly before 7pm to assist the medical response. The Dorsal shark alert system reported a water evacuation was issued at Manly Beach on Monday afternoon due to a shark sighting.
The attack occurred hours after an 11-year-old boy was attacked by a shark at nearby Dee Why Beach, in which the child fled the water unharmed after being knocked off his surfboard. Witnesses at Dee Why reported observing a bull shark in the water, up to 150 centimetres long.
All the northern beaches have been closed on Monday amid dangerous conditions. Manly and Dee Why are both expected to remain closed for at least another 24 hours following the shark attacks.
It is the third shark attack in Sydney in two days after a 12-year-old boy was attacked at an eastern suburbs beach on Sunday. He continues to fight for his life in hospital after being bitten by a large bull shark while swimming with friends at a popular jump rock in Vaucluse.
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