On January 18, a 12-year-old boy suffered serious leg injuries after being attacked by a shark in Sydney Harbour. The incident occurred at Shark Beach in Nielsen Park, where the boy was pulled from the water and received emergency first aid with tourniquets before being transported to a hospital. Authorities confirmed that the child was swimming outside the mesh fence at the time of the attack.
On January 9, a 56-year-old American tourist named Arlene Lillis from Minnesota was attacked by a shark near the west coast of St. Croix Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She was taken to a local hospital but died despite immediate medical efforts.
