Teenager bitten on foot by shark off Western Australia coast
The attack happened at Pyramids Beach.
An 18-year-old man has been bitten by a shark off the Western Australia coast, south of Perth.
He was bitten on the foot at Pyramids Beach, near Dawlesville, about 5.00pm local time (8.00pm AEDT).
The man was treated at the scene and has been taken to Peel Health Campus.
"It looks like a shark bite," a St John Ambulance spokesman told AAP.
The Department of Fisheries is investigating and has closed Pyramid Beach until morning.
The beach closure will be reviewed later today.
The attack followed a sighting of an unknown species of shark off the same beach at 4.50pm, Surf Life Saving WA advised.
"Fisheries investigating," Surf Life Saving WA tweeted of the attack.
Pyramids beach is about 84km south of Perth.
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