A surfer at a preferred Sydney seashore was mauled to dying by a suspected “massive shark” on Saturday, Australian police stated, in a uncommon deadly assault.
The 57-year-old man was browsing with associates within the Pacific waters off northern Sydney’s adjoining Lengthy Reef and Dee Why seashores when the assault occurred, authorities said.
The person – an skilled surfer with a spouse and a younger daughter – misplaced “numerous limbs”, New South Wales police superintendent John Ducan advised reporters.
“I do perceive that each him and his board disappeared underwater,” he stated. “The physique was discovered floating within the surf.”
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A few surfers noticed him within the water and received him to shore, Duncan stated.
“Sadly, by that point, we perceive he misplaced most likely a variety of blood and makes an attempt to resuscitate him had been unsuccessful,” he stated.
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