10-foot-long shark attacks, kills 60-year old surfer

LONDON —
A man has died after witnesses converse he used to be mauled by a 10-foot-long shark while browsing in the waters off the fly of Australia.

The incident occurred at approximately 10 a.m. on Sunday morning when a 60-year-used man from Queensland used to be browsing at Salt Coastline, South Kingscliff, in the Australian converse of Unique South Wales, factual over a one-hour pressure south from the metropolis of Brisbane.

Witnesses converse that the man used to be attacked by a 3-meter-long (10 feet) shark. The man has yet to be formally known.

Police converse that several other surfers came to his relief and had been in a put to strive against the shark forward of helping him to shore.

The victim used to be handled for extreme injuries to his left leg but died at the scene.

“Officers from Tweed/Byron Police District can be liaising with the Division of Fundamental Change to analysis the conditions surrounding the demise,” the Unique South Wales Police Drive said in an announcement on social media.

Authorities get now closed to the seashores between Kingscliff and Cabarita for 24 hours and the put has been cleared of swimmers and surfers by officers from the Marine Condominium Say and the local Surf Livesavers.

Here’s the third lethal shark assault in Australia this year.

In January, a 57-year-used diver named Gary Johnson used to be killed shut to Esperance off Western Australia’s fly and in April, a 23-year-used Queensland ranger named Zachary Robba used to be killed off the fly of North West Island on the Immense Barrier Reef.

ABC Recordsdata’ Christine Theodorou contributed to this characterize.