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Teen injured in shark attack at popular beach

A teenage boy is being raced to hospital after being bitten on the arm at Cabarita Beach.

Steve ZemekSteve Zemek
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5:35PMJune 29, 2025
NewsWire

A teenager has been bitten by a shark in an attack on NSW’s north coast.

The boy is being flown to hospital after being bitten at Cabarita Beach in the Tweed region on Sunday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the popular beach just before 4pm.

NSW Ambulance said the teenage boy had been bitten on the arm and his injuries were described as serious.

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter has been called in to airlift the boy to hospital.

It is not known what type of shark attacked the boy.

More to come.

Steve Zemek
Steve ZemekCourt reporter

Steve Zemek began his career in his native Queensland before moving to Sydney with Australian Associated Press in 2014. He worked as an NRL journalist for five seasons, covering the game all over Australia and in New Zealand before making a career pivot towards court reporting in 2019. He joined NCA NewsWire in mid 2020 as a Sydney-based court reporter where he has covered some of the state's biggest cases.

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