Hawaii surfer attacked by shark days after woman's arm was bitten off
Surfer suffers leg injuries less than a week after German visitor to island was attacked while snorkelling
The Hawaii department of land and natural resources closed ocean waters along the Pohoiki coastline after the attack. Photograph: Getty Images/Perspectives
A spate of shark attacks in Hawaii has left a German woman on life support and a teenage surfer with severe leg injuries.
Jana Lutteropp, a German visitor to the island who lost her arm in a shark attack while snorkelling off Maui, is on life support, Maui Memorial medical centre spokeswoman Carol Clark said on Monday. The deterioration in Lutteropp's condition comes just one day after a Big Island surfer suffered leg injuries in Hawaii's second shark attack in less than a week.
Lutteropp's family requested that people respect their privacy during this difficult time, Clark said.
Lutteropp, 20, was snorkelling up to 100 yards (90 metres) off Palauea Beach in Makena on Wednesday afternoon when the shark bit off her right arm.
A California high school teacher swam out to bring her to shore after he and other bystanders heard her scream. Her arm wasn not recovered.
It's not known what type of shark was responsible for the attack. State officials investigating the incident said witnesses did not see the animal.
On Sunday, a 16-year-old surfer suffered injuries on both legs after a shark bit him south-east of Hilo. He was airlifted to Hilo medical centre.
The Hawaii department of land and natural resources closed ocean waters along the Pohoiki coastline after the attack.
Officials closed Hapuna beach on the Big Island's north-western shore on Sunday after lifeguards spotted a shark.
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