A surfer has died after a shark attack in northern New South Wales.
Witnesses told police a 3-metre shark attacked a man shortly after 10.00am, at Salt Beach, just south of Kingscliff.
Several boardriders came to his assistance and fought off the shark.
The man was helped to shore and received first aid for serious injuries to his upper left thigh but died at the scene.
The victim was a 60-year-old man from Tugun, Queensland.
The Department of Primary Industries has confirmed the attacker was a white shark.
Beaches between Kingscliff and Cabarita will remain closed for 24 hours.
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