PHUKET: An eight-year-old boy of mixed Thai and Ukrainian heritage was attacked by a big fish, possibly a shark, while playing in the sea off Kamala beach in Kathu district on Sunday, a rescue unit of the Kamala tambon administration organisation (TAO) reported.
The attack left a long, deep cut in his right calf.
Rescuers arrived at the beach after the boy was brought ashore. He was given first aid before being admitted to the Bangkok Hospital Phuket for treatment.
Tourist police visited the boy's family and learned that he was Napat Chaiyarak Christenko, whose father was from Ukraine and his mother a Thai.
The father and mother were with him when he was attacked.
