A woman has been critically injured by a shark off a popular Sydney beach. The attack happened Saturday morning at Coogee Beach. Lifeguard Charlie Verco was nearby on his paddleboard and rescued the 35-year-old woman who suffered serious leg and arm injuries. Bystanders, including an off-duty doctor, helped apply tourniquets. She was flown to a hospital in critical condition. The attack involved an 11-foot white shark. It follows three fatal shark attacks on spearfishing divers in Australia since May. Shark attacks have become more common in Australia as the population and water activities increase.

A spearfisher has been killed in Australia’s third fatal shark attack in four weeks, according to police. The 35-year-old was spearfishing with family near Michaelmas Island in Western Australia when he was attacked on Saturday. Authorities suspect a 15-foot white shark was responsible. The man was brought to Albany, but paramedics could not revive him. This spate of fatalities is unusual in a country that averages just under three shark deaths a year. The last fatality was on May 24, when a spearfisher was attacked on the Great Barrier Reef.