Shark kills surfer on Australia’s Gold Coast

Greenmount Beach on Australia’s Gold Coast (David Clark/AAP via AP)

A shark has fatally mauled a surfer on Australia’s Gold Coast city tourist strip in a rare attack off a beach protected by shark netting.

The man, in his 50s, was brought to shore by fellow surfers and lifeguards at popular Greenmount Beach with leg injuries, Queensland state ambulance service supervisor William Houghton said.