Swimmer Dies off Tasmania After Apparent Stingray Attack

A 42-year-old man has died of a heart attack after apparently being stung by a stingray while swimming off the Tasmania coast, police said.  Attempts to resuscitate the man, who suffered a cardiac arrest Saturday afternoon in the waters a short distance from shore east of Hobart, were unsuccessful, police said.  "He was removed from the water by friends prior to the arrival of emergency services," the Tasmanian police said in...

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