Boy in hospital after being grabbed off boat in Tasmania | ABC News

A shark that “grabbed” a 10-year-old boy from a fishing boat off the coast of north-west Tasmania “swam off” when the child’s dad jumped in the water to save him.

Authorities said the boy was in a 6 metre fishing vessel with his father and two other men on Friday afternoon when the shark “grabbed him from the boat”.

The boy suffered lacerations to his arm, and other cuts to his chest and head.

The child, from north-west Tasmania, was this afternoon in a stable condition at the North West Regional Hospital.

Paramedics said the child was wearing a flotation device.

Stanley resident and abalone diver Ben Allen was at a nearby boat ramp when the party made it back to shore.

He spoke to witnesses and said the shark was believed to be a great white, but that has not been confirmed.

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Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 km to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands.

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