Australian surfer killed by 'huge shark'
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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Australian surfer killed by 'huge shark'
A surfer has died after being attacked by a shark on a west Australian beach close to the popular tourist region of Margaret River.
Published: 6:00AM BST 17 Aug 2010
Great white shark
Witnesses said the shark looked like a great white Photo: BARCROFT
The 31-year-old man was attacked while surfing alone at about 8.15am. Witnesses said that the shark "tore his leg to shreds".
"We have just had confirmation that a male has died. It looks like he was a surfer," a Western Australia police spokesman said.
"He has died as result of his injuries."
Witnesses told the West Australian newspaper that the shark was "massive" and had bitten his surfboard in half, indicating that it was a great white.
Police gave no details on the man's identity or the nature of the attack at Gracetown, about 165 miles south of Perth, but a resident told local media that the surfer had been spotted by a man watching from his porch.
"We got a call from someone who saw a fellow lose his board but then lost sight of the guy," Cassandra Fisher told state broadcaster ABC.
"So we quickly went down there and it turns out there was a shark down there and we know that he's been bitten. We do know it's a young man."
The man, who was believed to be from the nearby town of Bussleton, managed to make it to shore despite a serious injury to his right leg and calf but later died at hospital, local reports said.
Sharks are a common feature of Australian waters but fatal attacks are rare.
In December 2008, a snorkeller died after being attacked by a large shark off the Western Australia coast.
In 2004 surfer Brad Smith died after being attacked by a great white at a beach called Lefthanders, also in Gracetown.
Australian surfer killed by 'huge shark'
A surfer has died after being attacked by a shark on a west Australian beach close to the popular tourist region of Margaret River.
Published: 6:00AM BST 17 Aug 2010
Great white shark
Witnesses said the shark looked like a great white Photo: BARCROFT
The 31-year-old man was attacked while surfing alone at about 8.15am. Witnesses said that the shark "tore his leg to shreds".
"We have just had confirmation that a male has died. It looks like he was a surfer," a Western Australia police spokesman said.
"He has died as result of his injuries."
Witnesses told the West Australian newspaper that the shark was "massive" and had bitten his surfboard in half, indicating that it was a great white.
Police gave no details on the man's identity or the nature of the attack at Gracetown, about 165 miles south of Perth, but a resident told local media that the surfer had been spotted by a man watching from his porch.
"We got a call from someone who saw a fellow lose his board but then lost sight of the guy," Cassandra Fisher told state broadcaster ABC.
"So we quickly went down there and it turns out there was a shark down there and we know that he's been bitten. We do know it's a young man."
The man, who was believed to be from the nearby town of Bussleton, managed to make it to shore despite a serious injury to his right leg and calf but later died at hospital, local reports said.
Sharks are a common feature of Australian waters but fatal attacks are rare.
In December 2008, a snorkeller died after being attacked by a large shark off the Western Australia coast.
In 2004 surfer Brad Smith died after being attacked by a great white at a beach called Lefthanders, also in Gracetown.
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