A French woman died after being struck by a boat while snorkeling in southern Thailand on Tuesday, police in the resort province of Krabi said. Marine Police Lt. Col. Anurak Parinyasatirkul said the 52-year-old woman was snorkeling with her family but no one else was injured. He said police believe she died from a head wound that might have come from a sharp object such as a propeller. Anurak said police traced the boat, which had a crew of Myanmar nationals, to further up the Andaman coast in Phuket. Two people, from China and Australia, died Saturday in separate swimming accidents at the island of Koh Samui.
Australia | Boy in stable condition after shark attack
An 11-year-old boy was in a stable condition in hospital yesterday after he was mauled by a shark on the Great Barrier Reef off the Australian east coast, officials said. The boy was attacked by a black tipped reef shark on Tuesday afternoon as he waded off a beach at the Heron Island tourist resort northeast of the coastal town of Gladstone, Queensland Ambulance Service paramedic Brad Lawson said. Officials have not released the victim’s name or commented on media reports that suggest he is an Italian tourist on vacation with his family.
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