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Bali shark attack victim Marc Andrews recovering from injuries after release from hospital

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• By Richard Noone
• The Daily Telegraph
• November 30, 2011 5:53PM

• Schoolboy attacked while surfing in river mouth
• Victim plans to stay in Bali for rest of holiday 
• Teen "still a bit [too] dizzy about the whole thing''

A SCHOOLBOY is watching movies and recovering in a Bali hotel room after allegedly being bitten by a shark while surfing yesterday.

Marc Andrews told The Daily Telegraph he was "still a bit [too] dizzy about the whole thing'' to describe the moment a shark attacked his right hand surfing at an undisclosed river-mouth break near Tabanan in Bali's south west.
The 18-year-old was surfing with school friends when the shark allegedly attacked about 1.30pm.

He was rushed to the Bali International Medical Clinic where he underwent minor surgery for his wounds.

BIMC emergency department nurse Romi Putu, who treated the youngster, said there did not appear to be any nerve or tendon damage.

He was released earlier today and has spent the afternoon relaxing in a motel room, watching videos with a friend.


The teenager said he had no idea what type of shark attacked him and that he would remain in Bali for the remainder of his holiday.

The Ulladulla High School graduate is booked to return to Australia on December 15.

"I was speaking to an Indo bloke yesterday and where we were surfing was right in font of a river-mouth and he said it was a stone shark,'' Mr Andrews told The Daily Telegraph.

"I don't know.''

It is unclear whether the local man was inferring his injuries could have been from wiping out and hitting the reef below rather than being inflicted by a shark.

Mr Andrews, who denied selling his story to Channel Nine, declined to comment further.