Shark attack kills surfer off Sydney beach in Australia

Middle-aged unfortunate reportedly mislaid some his legs successful the onslaught portion his surfboard was chopped successful half.

A suspected “large shark” has mauled a surfer to decease successful a uncommon fatal onslaught disconnected Australia’s Sydney beach, constabulary and rescuers said, prompting the closure of respective beaches.

The incidental connected Saturday is lone the 2nd deadly shark onslaught successful Australia’s astir populous metropolis aft a 35-year-old British diving teacher was killed disconnected a beach successful February 2022 – the archetypal specified decease successful Sydney since 1963.

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The victim, inactive unidentified, was pulled retired of the Pacific surf onto enactment astatine bluish Sydney’s Long Reef Beach but died astatine the scene, New South Wales constabulary said successful a statement.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the antheral was successful his 50s and was an experienced surfer. He was reportedly surfing with friends erstwhile the onslaught happened conscionable 100 metres (330ft) from the shore.

The antheral mislaid some his legs portion his surfboard was chopped successful half, the Herald reported. It was not yet known what taxon of shark was liable for the attack.

Images of the country connected section media showed constabulary gathered connected the enactment and ambulances parked nearby. Drones were scanning the formation for shark activity, according to Australian nationalist broadcaster ABC.

The unfortunate was bitten by the water predator portion surfing successful the greeting distant from a patrolled country of the beach, according to Surf Life Saving NSW.

Beaches betwixt the bluish suburbs of Manly and Narrabeen person been closed for astatine slightest 24 hours, it said. Surf life-saving clubs adjacent person cancelled each h2o activities and grooming for the weekend.

Visitors locomotion on the shoreline arsenic bluish Sydney beaches stay closed pursuing the shark onslaught [Saeed Khan/AFP]

An unnamed surfer said the unfortunate had been surfing disconnected the adjoining Long Reef and Dee Why beaches.

“Four oregon 5 surfers pulled him retired of the h2o and it looked similar a important portion of his little fractional had been attacked,” the surfer said, according to Sydney’s Daily Telegraph.

There person been 3 different fatal shark attacks successful different parts of Australia successful 2025, information from the state-run relation of Sydney’s Taronga Zoo shows.

In March, a surfer was killed by a shark in shallow h2o connected a distant formation successful Western Australia.

In February, a shark killed a 17-year-old miss swimming disconnected an eastbound Australian island, portion a 28-year-old surfer was fatally bitten successful South Australia a period earlier.

On December 28, a shark fatally spot a 40-year-old antheral successful the cervix arsenic helium was spearfishing disconnected Queensland.

There person been astatine slightest 1,280 shark incidents astir Australia since 1791, of which much than 250 resulted successful death, according to a database of the predators’ encounters with humans.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies