Paramedics arrived at the Coolangatta beach shortly after 5:00pm and say the man died from critical leg injuries.
A man has died after being attacked by a shark on the southern end of the Gold Coast.Paramedics said the man, in his 50s, died from critical leg injuries.Greenmount Beach is one of the numerous Gold Coast beaches with shark nets in place.
Queensland's Department of Agriculture and Fisheries shark net program website warns nets do "not provide an impenetrable barrier between sharks and humans" nor prevent sharks from entering any particular area. "They're intended to catch 'resident sharks' and sharks that pass through the area while feeding on fish bait," the website said.
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