Fish launches into boat, killing 56-year-old man

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(ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA) A 56-year-old man has died in Darwin after being struck in his chest by a fish while on a fishing boat.

Northern Territory Police say the man had been fishing with family and friends on Darwin Harbour on Friday when he was “struck in his chest by a large fish which launched itself into the boat”.

A local fisherman said he understood the fish was an 18-kilogram mackerel.

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