Australia shark attack: 55-year-old man killed while bodyboarding on Cable beach

A man has died after he was attacked by a shark at Cable beach, a popular tourist attraction in Western Australia. According to police, incident took place at about 8:40 am (local time) when 55-year-old was bodyboarding at about 40 meters from beach. Speaking to AP, police officials revealed that y later shot at shark, which lingered close to shore, for almost half an hour after attack.

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According to AP, unidentified man was pulled out of water by a couple and rushed to drag man to safety. Despite being pulled out of danger, man suffered injuries to his leg and hand. Later, while being attended by paramedics, who immediately rushed to scene, he succumbed to his injuries and died. According to government records, a total of eight people have died from shark attacks in country since beginning of this year.

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'Dangerously close' 

A few weeks ago, a spine chilling foot of a professional surfer’s encounter with a dangerous shark in ocean got watchers hailing surfer’s luck. In drone foot shared by responders at Surf Life Saving, New South Wales, Matt Wilkinson was surfing at Sharpes Beach at Ballina when drone operators spotted a five-foot shark sneaking behind him. Surfer Matt h a close encounter with a shark at Ballina, team informed, ding, that a drone overhe alerted Matt via a warning over speaker. 

Ar spine chilling video was captured by a drone and showed two men swimming dangerously close to a school of salmons and obviously a shark lurking nearby. Shared on Facebook by a real-time ocean foot application called ‘Drone shark app’, clip has shocked netizens. As per application, foot was shot on Bondi Beach in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 

Im: AP