Teenage boy mauled by shark at popular beach as he's rushed to hospital with ‘serious' arm injuries
A TEENAGE boy has been mauled by a shark at a popular beach and rushed to hospital with "serious" arm injuries.
Emergency services were called to reports of the attack at Cabarita Beach on New South Wales' north coast, Australia just before 4pm on Sunday.
The teenage boy wasbadly bitten on the arm and has sustained serious injuries, said New South Wales Ambulance.
He was airlifted to Gold Coast University by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and remains in a serious but stable condition.
It is not known what type of shark attacked the boy.
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