SYDNEY: A surfer was severely mauled by a shark off Australia's east coast, officials said on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks in recent months.

The 36-year-old was surfing near Scotts Head Beach some 490 kilometres (300 miles) north of Sydney in the morning when he was bitten, New South Wales state police said.

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