Another surfer is attacked by shark

A surfer was seriously injured as he repeatedly punched a shark that mauled him off the Australian east coast on Friday, less than a week after a fatal attack, police and a witness said.

Craig Ison, 52, sustained significant wounds to his left leg and hand in the dawn attack at Evans Head, 550 kilometers north of Sydney, Detective Inspector Cameron Lindsay said.

Ison was taken by ambulance to Lismore Base Hospital in serious but stable condition, police said.