A 17-year-old boy is airlifted to hospital after being attacked while swimming with a group in the Outer Banks on Saturday

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Officials say a 17-year-old boy is the latest victim of a shark attack off North Carolina’s coast, the second attack in as many days and the sixth attack in the past two weeks.

The unidentified teenager was swimming in the Outer Banks on Saturday when he was bitten, officials said.

Although the boy was swimming with others, he was the only one hurt.



He received injuries to his right calf, buttocks and both hands, rescue personnel and park rangers said, according to a post on the national park service’s Facebook page.

The boy was treated at the scene before being flown to a hospital in Virginia.

On Friday, a man was bitten on his back and leg in Avon on Hatteras Island, North Carolina, while playing in the surf with his children.

Another man, a 43-year-old, was also attacked by a shark near Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Both men were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Sharks have attacked several children along North Carolina’s coast this month.

An eight-year-old boy was swimming in knee-deep water when he was bitten in Surf City, North Carolina. A 13-year old girl and a 16-year old boy both lost their left arms above the elbow at Oak Island. Their attacks happened within two hours of each other.

