MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A shark fatally mauled a diver off an Australian vacationer island on Saturday, police stated.
The 38-year-old man had been spearfishing with a buddy when he was attacked on a coral reef off Rottnest Island close to Australia’s southwest coast, Western Australia Police Sergeant Michael Put on stated.
The sufferer was close to a dive boat when he was bitten on the legs, Put on stated. He was then taken by that boat one kilometer (1,100 yards) to the island, the place paramedics couldn’t resuscitate him.
Lifeguards reported a five-meter (16-foot) white shark had been seen within the neighborhood earlier than the assault.
The assault was Australia’s first shark fatality since January, when a 12-year-old boy died in a hospital days after he was mauled by a bull shark in Sydney Harbor.
Rottnest Island’s final deadly shark assault was in 2011, through which a 32-year-old diver died.
Australia has averaged greater than three deadly shark assaults a yr in latest a long time.
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