A deadly shark attack has occurred off Sydney for the first time in almost 60 years. The victim is a diving instructor. Eyewitnesses report a very long attack.
Sydney – A terrible tragedy has struck in Australia. A swimmer has been attacked and killed by a large shark near Sydney. People had to watch the drama from the beach. It happened on Wednesday afternoon (February 16) local time in the southeastern suburb of Little Bay.
Eyewitnesses report terrible scenes in the sea. A man told the station 9news, he heard screams and saw a white shark more than four meters long in the water. A fisherman stood on a rock near the scene of the accident and reported a very long attack. “The shark just didn’t stop. It was terrible.”
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Rescue workers said shortly after the attack that the man had suffered “catastrophic injuries”. They had discovered a lot of blood and human remains in the sea. Boats later combed the water looking for more body parts. The Prime Minister of the state of New South Wales, Dominic Perrottet, spoke of a “horrible tragedy”.
The victim acts loudly ABC a 35-year-old diving instructor who swam at the beach almost every day. When the shark suddenly attacked him, he is said to have been training for a charity swim. This has been cancelled.
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An expert confirmed that ABCthat all the signs actually pointed to a great white shark. One day after the tragedy, emergency services also searched for the fish – including with a drone. Beaches in the area have been temporarily closed. Among them was the famous Bondi Beach.
According to the newspaper Sydney Morning Herald It was the first deadly shark attack in Sydney since 1963. Shark attacks occur from time to time on the coasts of Australia. In July 2020, a diver died off Australia’s Fraser Island after a shark attack. In September 2021, a surfer was fatally injured by a shark on Emerald Beach.
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