He was swimming close to a pontoon around 150m from the beach when the shark attacked. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NOUMEA - A shark killed a 59-year-old Australian tourist on Sunday near a crowded beach in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, the authorities said.
Two people on their boat nearby rushed him back to the beach, where emergency services tried to save him. The man had major bite wounds on his leg and both arms, local prosecutor Yves Dupas told AFP.Many people were in the water at the time and witnessed the incident at the Chateau-Royal beach just south of Noumea.Noumea’s mayor Sonia Lagarde ordered the closure of most beaches in the area and the capture of tiger sharks and bull sharks in nearby waters.
Mr Dupas said an investigation would shed more light on the circumstances of the attack, which happened inside a zone watched over by lifeguards.
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