Surfer is bitten by a shark in second attack in WA in a day

A second surfer was savaged by a shark today just hours after a nearby attack which left a man fighting for his life. The 41-year-old Danish man suffered a nasty gash to his leg but was able to get to shore for treatment after the 2.40pm attack at Lefthanders beach near Gracetown, Western Australia. Victim: The attack came just hours after Alejandro Travaglini, 37, was mauled at Cobblestones beach at 8am, forcing the Margaret River Pro international surfing competition to stop for an hour Mr Travaglini, from Argentina, was flown to Perth hospital after friends saved his life by wrapping rope around his legs to stem bloodflow Mr Travaglini is now in stable condition after surgery. The attacks were a kilometre apart The man in his 30s was bitten at Cobblestones Beach near Gracetown in Western Australia's south-west about 8am on Monday Another witness said the first attack was similar to the moment world champion surfer Mick Fanning was famously knocked off his board in South Africa in 2015. Recent shark attacks in Western Australia 2010 August: Surfer Nick Edwards, 31, dies near Gracetown 2011 September: Kyle Burden, 21, killed while boogie boarding at Bunker Bay October: Bryn Martin, 64, disappears at Cottesloe Beach October: US man George Thomas Wainwright, 32, killed while diving off Rottnest Island 2012 March: Peter Kurmann, 33, dies while diving off Stratham Beach July: Surfer Ben Linden, 24, dies off Wedge Island 2013 November: Chris Boyd, 35, killed at Gracetown 2014 October: Surfer Sean Pollard, 23, loses arm and other hand near Esperance November: Cameron Pearman, 13, bitten while surfing at Port Bouvard December: Spear fisher Jay Muscat, 17, killed near Albany 2015 October: Surfer Eli Zawadzki, 18, bitten on the foot at Dawesville 2016 June: Surfer Ben Gerring, 29, dies three days after losing his leg at Falcon Beach June: Doreen Collyer, 60, killed less than a week later while diving with a friend off Mindarie 2017 April: Laeticia Brouwer, 17, fatally bitten on the leg while surfing with her dad at Esperance 2018 April: A surfer, in his 30s, bitten on the lower leg at Gracetown.