"shark-attack"

Tourist gets trapped in diving cage as great white shark accidentally breaches it, lunges at what it thought is a ‘bait’ and finally breaks free and swims away

The victim, a woman reported to be in her late 20s, was bitten on the right leg as she swam at Elizabeth Bay in Sydney's east at about 8pm on Monday.

Authorities in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state on Friday ordered the closure of beaches in Port Macquarie town after a man was hospitalised.

This is the 22nd fatality due to a shark attack this year in the country, the BBC reported.