2026-05-24T14:26:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
澳大利亚警方表示，一名与朋友一同水下射鱼的男子周日在大堡礁海域遭鲨鱼袭击身亡，这是该国一周多以来第二起致命鲨鱼袭击事件。
昆士兰州凯恩斯以南海岸外肯尼迪浅滩，这名39岁男子当时正与三名朋友乘船潜水，随后遭遇袭击，警方督察伊莱恩·伯恩斯说道。
“该男子当时正在水下射鱼，遇袭后因头部重伤身亡，”伯恩斯对记者表示。
据澳大利亚广播公司报道，警方称将受害者从水中救起的男子“距离事发地点极近”，亲眼目睹了袭击全过程。船上当时还有其他人员。
“我能想象他们肯定遭受了严重的心理创伤，亲眼目睹这样的事情发生在眼前，是非常可怕的经历，”伯恩斯说道。
这名身份未公开的遇难者是凯恩斯居民，船只于正午时分将其送往旅游城镇赫尔角，医护人员已在当地等候。救护机构声明称，他“所受伤势已无生还可能”。
肯尼迪浅滩是一处浅海珊瑚礁，深受休闲渔民欢迎。当地同时也是19世纪沉船“鲍恩夫人号”的所在地，吸引众多潜水爱好者前来探访。
警方表示，目前尚不清楚袭击所用鲨鱼的种类，但渔民称袭击发生前曾在该海域目击到牛鲨。
5月16日，一名名为史蒂夫·马塔博尼的水下射鱼男子在西澳大利亚州西南海岸外罗特内斯特岛附近的珊瑚礁海域遭鲨鱼袭击身亡。西澳大利亚州警方督察迈克尔·韦尔表示，马塔博尼当时正与朋友一同潜水。
“朋友们亲眼目睹了这起可怕的事件，”韦尔说道。
这名38岁的珀斯居民被船只送往度假岛屿，医护人员最终未能将其救回。
警方当时怀疑袭击者是一条16英尺长的大白鲨。
近几十年来，澳大利亚每年平均发生超过三起致命鲨鱼袭击事件。此次遇难是该国2026年第三起鲨鱼袭击致死案件。
1月18日，12岁的尼科·安蒂克在悉尼海滩外疑似遭牛鲨袭击，数日后在医院不治身亡。这场导致男孩遇难的袭击事件是两天内记录在案的四起袭击之一，促使官方关闭了该市数十处海滩。
去年11月，澳大利亚东海岸一处国家公园海滩发生一起罕见的鲨鱼袭击两人事件，造成一名女性遇难、一名男性重伤。
根据鲨鱼与人类遭遇事件数据库，自1791年以来，澳大利亚周边海域已发生近1300起鲨鱼袭击事件，其中超过260起导致人员死亡。
澳大利亚科学家认为，海域日益拥挤以及海水温度上升正在改变鲨鱼的洄游模式，这可能是袭击事件增多的原因之一。
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Shark kills spearfisher in front of friends in Australia: “Terrifying thing to see”
2026-05-24T14:26:00-0400 / CBS/AP
A man spearfishing with friends was killed by a shark on the Great Barrier Reef on Sunday, police said, in Australia’s second fatal shark attack in just over a week.
The 39-year-old man was with three friends diving from a boat at Kennedy Shoal off the Queensland state coast south of Cairns when he was attacked, Police Inspector Elaine Burns said.
“The man had been spearfishing when he was attacked and died from a critical head injury,” Burns told reporters.
Police said the man who pulled the victim from the water was “pretty close” to the incident and witnessed the attack, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. people were on board the boat
“I would assume they would be pretty traumatized, that’s quite a terrifying thing to see happen right in front of you,” Burns said.
The unidentified victim, a Cairns resident, was brought by boat around noon to the tourist town of Hull Heads where paramedics were waiting. He had “sustained injuries not compatible with life,” an ambulance service statement said.
Kennedy Shoal is a shallow coral reef popular with recreational fishers. Divers are also attracted to the Lady Bowen, a 19th century shipwreck.
Police said the species of shark involved in the attack was unknown at this stage, but fishers reported bull sharks had been seen in the area before the attack.
A shark fatally mauled spearfisher Steve Mattabonni on May 16 at a coral reef off Rottnest Island near the southwest coast of Western Australia state. Mattabonni was with friends when he was attacked, Western Australia Police Sergeant Michael Wear said.
“The friends have witnessed the horrific event,” Wear said.
The 38-year-old Perth resident was taken by boat to the holiday island where paramedics were unable to resuscitate him.
A 16-foot white shark was suspected.
Australia has averaged more than three fatal shark attacks a year in recent decades. The latest death is Australia’s third shark fatality for 2026.
Nico Antic, 12, died in a hospital days after he was attacked by a suspected bull shark off a Sydney beach on Jan. 18. The attack that killed the boy was one of four recorded in the span of two days, which prompted officials to close dozens of the city’s beaches.
In November, a shark killed a woman and seriously wounded a man at a national park beach on Australia’s east coast in a rare instance of the predator attacking two people.
There have been nearly 1,300 shark incidents around Australia since 1791, of which more than 260 resulted in death, according to a database of the predators’ encounters with humans.
Australian scientists believe increasingly crowded waters and rising ocean temperatures are swaying sharks’ migratory patterns, which may be contributing to a rise in attacks.
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