SYDNEY, May 24 (Xinhua) -- A man died following a shark attack off the coast of Australia's Far North Queensland on Sunday, local media reported.
Emergency services were called to the Hull River boat ramp, 160 km south of Cairns, just after 12 p.m., after receiving reports of a shark attack, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
A 39-year-old man is understood to have been attacked while at Kennedy Shoal, a reef site, before being retrieved from the water.
He was taken ashore on the Hull River boat ramp and was treated by paramedics, the broadcaster 9News reported.
Queensland Police later confirmed he had died of his injuries, according to 9News.
It is the second fatal shark attack in Australian waters recently, after a 38-year-old man died after being attacked by a shark at Rottnest Island off the coast of Perth on May 16. ■
