A teenager in eastern Australia needed eleven stitches after a small shark bit his leg. It happened in the area where some beaches were closed over the weekend because of a feeding frenzy involving more than 100 sharks.

The teen was standing in about a foot of water when he was bitten. The attack follows the weekend closure of Gold Coast beaches after scores of sharks were seen swimming close to the shore.

The beach has since re-opened.

Last month, a 21-year-old Australian woman was fatally mauled by as many as three sharks in a regular shark-feeding area off North Stradbroke Island in Queensland.