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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Natasha May

NSW shark attack: surfer in critical condition fought off great white before swimming to shore

Lighthouse beach in Port Macquarie.
Lighthouse beach. A man is in a critical condition at Port Macquarie base hospital after suffering leg injuries in a shark attack. Photograph: Zoonar GmbH/Alamy

A surfer at a New South Wales beach fought off a great white shark and swam back to shore while suffering from serious leg injuries, police say.

The 44-year-old man was in hospital in a critical condition on Friday night after he was bitten by a shark at Lighthouse beach at 10am in Port Macquarie in northern NSW.

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