2023-05-13 10:54:59
Australian authorities presumed dead a 46-year-old surfer who hours ago was attacked by a shark on a remote beach in the state of South Australia, in the south of the oceanic country, the Police reported on Saturday.
According to EFE, lifeguards who witnessed the attack on Walkers Rocks beach, located about seven kilometers from the coastal city of Elliston, notified the emergency services.
After the attack, the man disappeared, so teams from the police, emergency services and members of the local community “are conducting a search to locate him”, in an operation that includes some six boats and several motorcycles. water.
However, the police indicated that “it is believed” that the 46-year-old man died as a result of the blows struck by the animal.
Background
Last February, a 16-year-old teenager also lost her life as a result of a shark attack in Western Australia while practicing water sports with friends on the Swan River in the coastal city of Perth, when she was attacked by a shark.
Despite this, shark attacks against humans are not common and, according to the latest annual report of the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) from the University of Florida), in 2022 there were 57 unprovoked attacks of sharks worldwide, the lowest number of the decade.
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