Surfer Killed in Shark Attack on Australia’s East Coast

A screenshot showing a "Beach Closed" sign and a taped off entrance to Tuncurry beach in New South Wales, Australia, on May 18, 2021. Australian ABC via Reuters/Screenshot via NTD

SYDNEY—A man has been killed in a suspected shark attack on Tuesday off a popular beach on the mid-north coast of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state, rescuers and police said.

Emergency services were called to Tuncurry beach, more than 300 kms (186 miles) north of Sydney, after reports of the shark attack, NSW police said in a statement.