Australia deadliest country in world for shark attacks in 2020
With eight fatalities last year, Australia was the deadliest location for shark attacks in the world.
In 2020, shark attacks decreased for the third consecutive year, falling to 57 unprovoked bites worldwide, compared with 64 bites in 2019 and 66 in 2018, according to the annual summary issued by the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File (ISAF).
But 2020 proved to be the deadliest year since 2013, with 12 bites resulting in fatalities, up from the average of four per year.
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Three people were killed in Western Australia, and two each in New South Wales and Queensland.