Latest news Surfer missing after shark attack in Australia
Emergency services in Australia are searching intensively for a young surfer who, according to eyewitnesses, was attacked by a shark. The attack occurred early Thursday evening (local time) on Granites Beach south of the small town of Streaky Bay in the south of the country, reported the Australian broadcaster ABC, citing local police. The surfboard was recovered a short time later by a helper on a jet ski - but there has been no trace of the 28-year-old victim since then.
03.01.2025, 10:25
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The man came from the town of Port Lincoln, a few hundred kilometers away. According to reports, people had watched from the beach as he was attacked by the shark while paddling out on his board. Rescuers searched for him from the air and by boat, but without success. The beach remained closed for the time being.
Warnings about great white sharks
A friend of the victim said that a great white shark had been spotted in the area hours before the attack. However, warnings on social networks had apparently not reached everyone.
The friend was convinced that the emergency services would probably not find the surfer's body in the sea. "His body is in the shark," the AAP news agency quoted him as saying. The man called on the authorities to search for and kill the shark. Whether this will be ordered, however, is questionable: white sharks are a protected species.
There had already been a fatal attack on the same beach on the Eyre Peninsula, about 700 kilometers northwest of the major city of Adelaide, at the end of 2023. Back then, a 55-year-old surfer was killed by a great white shark.
