Family in Shock After Tasmania Shark Attack

A jet ski passes over a shark swimming along the coast of Kingscliff, New South Whales, Australia, on June 7, 2020. ABC/CH7/CH9 via AP

The grandfather of a 10-year-old boy who was ripped from a fishing boat by a shark in north west Tasmania says it took his family some time to process what happened.

Lucas Arnott is recovering in hospital after the bizarre attack about five kilometres off the coast of Stanley in the state’s north west on July 19.