Aust ranks second in shark attacks

NEWS: The US had 32 unprovoked shark attacks in 2018, ahead of the 20 recorded in Australia.

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มีการจู่โจมเกิดขึ้นเก้าครั้งในรัฐนิวเซาท์เวลส์ แปดครั้งในรัฐเวสเทิร์นออสเตรเลีย และสองครั้งในรัฐควีนส์แลนด์ และหนึ่งครั้งในรัฐวิกตอเรีย Source: AAP via SBS News

Australia remains one of the world's top shark attack hotspots with 20 unprovoked incidents last year.

The annual release of the Florida-based International Shark Attack File found the US as the nation reporting the most shark attacks on humans in 2018 with 32 confirmed cases and one fatality.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News here.


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