SYDNEY, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- A man has died after a shark attack off the Central Queensland coast in eastern Australia, local media reported on Saturday.

The man in his 40s died after suffering life-threatening injuries to his neck in the shark bite incident in waters off Yeppoon, the second in Central Queensland within the past month, according to Brisbane-based The Courier Mail daily newspaper.

A Queensland Police Service spokesman said the man had been fishing with family members when he was bitten by a shark. The incident occurred about 4:37 p.m. Saturday.

The man suffered life-threatening injuries and succumbed to those injuries just before 6 p.m., the police spokesman said.

There have been at least four other shark attacks in Australian waters so far this year, the newspaper reported, quoting the Australian Shark-Incident Database. Enditem

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