SURFER KILLED IN SHARK ATTACK
A man died Tuesday from injuries caused by a white shark bite to the thigh while surfing off Tuncurry Beach, more than 310 kilometers north of Sydney, the first recorded death from a shark attack. in 2021 in Australia.
The victim was treated by emergency services after being rescued from the water, although they were unable to save his life, the New South Wales State Police reported in a statement.
According to the first images of the bites suffered by the surfer, the authorities believe that he would have been attacked by a four-meter great white shark.
As a result of the incident, the Australian authorities closed the Tuncurry beach and a neighboring one, in the town of Forster, and began an operation to search for and identify the shark that attacked the surfer.
The record of shark attacks in Australia recorded by the Taronga Zoo indicates that, until this incident, in 2021 no person had yet been killed by a shark attack, although two were previously injured.
In 2020, there were 8 deaths – the last in November – as a result of 27 shark attacks in Australia.
