SYDNEY, Australia — Police say a teenage surfer is in a stable condition after he was bitten by a shark at the same Australian beach where a Japanese surfer was fatally mauled last year. A police statement says Cooper Allen, 17, sustained a single bite wound to his hip as he surfed off Ballina’s Lighthouse Beach early Monday. A shark, believed to be a great white, lunged for his board as up to 40 swimmers enjoyed the first day of school holidays at the beach. He was taken to Lismore Base Hospital, where he is in stable condition. In February last year, a 41-year-old Japanese tourist lost both his legs to a great white shark while surfing at Lighthouse Beach.

Source: National Post September 26, 2016 12:56 UTC