{"id":691132,"date":"2026-05-24T08:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/691132\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T08:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:33:09","slug":"man-dies-in-northeast-australia-after-shark-attack-wildlife-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/691132\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies in northeast Australia after shark attack | Wildlife News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">The man was rushed to \u2060shore after being bitten on Sunday near \u200bKennedy Shoal, but died shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779611589_273_2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 24 May 202624 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>A man has died after a shark attack off the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia, police say.<\/p>\n<p>The man was rushed to \u2060shore after being bitten on Sunday near Kennedy Shoal, a shallow reef about 45km (28 miles) off the coast, a Queensland Police Service spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>The man was met by an ambulance but died shortly afterwards, the spokesperson said without identifying him.<\/p>\n<p>According to local media, beaches in the area have been closed while police assess safety conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is the second fatal shark encounter in Australia in a little more than a week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/16\/man-killed-in-great-white-shark-attack-in-western-australia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On May 16<\/a>, a 38-year-old man died after being bitten by a shark near Perth off the west coast.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of shark attacks occur along Australia\u2019s east and southeast coasts with an average of about 20 incidents recorded each year, according to the Institute of Health and Welfare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man was rushed to \u2060shore after being bitten on Sunday near \u200bKennedy Shoal, but died shortly afterwards.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[77,64,63,44,1158,338],"class_list":["post-691132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-asia-pacific","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-police","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}