Sharks killed after attacks on Great Barrier Reef
A pair of tiger sharks have been killed following two attacks within 24 hours on the same tourist spot in the Great Barrier Reef.
A 12-year-old girl and a 46-year-old woman were both bitten on the leg while swimming off the Whitsunday Islands, just off the Queensland coast of Australia, earlier last week.
They are critical but stable in hospital.
One of the sharks measured 3.3m (11ft) long.
The traps will remain in place for the next week to keep swimmers safe, a Fisheries Queensland spokesman said, although it added shark attacks are very rare in the Whitsundays.
According to Australian broadcaster ABC, the two attacks this week were the first in eight years.
Swimmers have been told to stay out of the water for the foreseeable future.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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