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Shark attack at Shelly Beach, Port Macquarie; woman with severe leg injury

Tracey Fairhurst
Updated August 15 2020 - 6:24pm, first published 5:00pm
The scene. Photo: Surf Life Saving NSW
The scene. Photo: Surf Life Saving NSW

A surfer has come to the rescue of a woman being mauled by a great white shark near Port Macquarie, jumping on the beast and punching it repeatedly until it let her go.

Tracey Fairhurst

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