Boy, 13, in Critical Condition After Shark Attack at Sydney Beach

A 13-year-old boy is in critical condition after a shark attack at Shark Beach in Sydney's Vaucluse suburb, where he was jumping off rocks into the water on Sunday afternoon.

Emergency services responded to reports of the incident around 4:20 p.m. at Nielsen Park, near Hermitage Foreshore Walk and Steele Point Road in Sydney Harbour. New South Wales Police stated that officers from the Marine Area Command and Eastern Suburbs Police rescued the boy from the water within minutes of the initial call to emergency services. The attack occurred in an open-water area adjacent to the beach's netted swimming enclosure.

According to police, the boy was bitten multiple times on both legs while engaging in rock jumping at the end of the beach. Witnesses at the scene applied a tourniquet to stem the bleeding before first responders arrived. Water Police officers then attached two additional medical tourniquets and provided immediate first aid aboard the police vessel Water Police 41 for his serious leg injuries. The boy was transported to Rose Bay wharf, where New South Wales Ambulance paramedics continued treatment.

A spokesperson for New South Wales Ambulance confirmed that multiple...