SYDNEY: A suspected “massive shark” mauled a person to loss of life in waters off northern Sydney on Saturday (Sep 6), Australian police stated, resulting in a string of seaside closures.
The person was pulled out of the morning surf onto shore at Lengthy Reef Seashore however died on the scene, New South Wales police stated in a press release.
“A person has died on the Northern Seashores after being bitten by what’s believed to have been a big shark,” police stated.
Two sections of a surfboard had been recovered and brought for forensic examination.
It was the primary deadly shark assault in Sydney since 2022, when 35-year-old British diving teacher Simon Nellist was killed off Little Bay.
The earlier deadly assault within the metropolis was in 1963.
Following the most recent assault, Pacific Ocean seashores between the northern suburbs of Manly and Narrabeen had been closed “pending additional discover”.
Police stated emergency companies rushed to the scene following alerts that the person, who was not recognized, had suffered “essential accidents”.
An unnamed surfer stated the sufferer had been browsing between Lengthy Reef and Dee Why seashores.
“4 or 5 surfers pulled him out of the water and it regarded like a major a part of his decrease half had been attacked,” the surfer stated, in response to Sydney’s Every day Telegraph.
Individuals had been ordered out of the water, he advised the paper.
“There was a surf lifesaving man waving a purple flag,” the surfer stated. “I did not know what it was … however thought I ought to most likely go in (to shore).”
