Swimmer Dies After Shark Attack Left Him With ''Catastrophic Injuries''

A shark killed a swimmer off a Sydney beach on Wednesday February 16,2022 in the city's first fatal attack in nearly 60 years, causing "catastrophic injuries" 

Witnesses told local television they had seen the attack on a swimmer wearing a wetsuit.

"Some guy was swimming and a shark came and attacked him vertically," witness Kris Linto, told Nine.

"We heard a yell and turned around it looked like a car had landed in the water, a big splash then the shark was chomping at the body and there was blood everywhere."


It was the first fatal shark attack in Sydney since 1963, data shows.

Emergency services were called at around 4:35 p.m. (0535 GMT) to Buchan Point, Malabar, in Sydney's east.

Police said the Little Bay Beach has been closed.

"Officers attached to Eastern Beaches Police Area Command, with assistance from the Marine Area Command and Surf Life Saving NSW, attended and located human remains in the water," 

A NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said paramedics were called to Little Bay, "unfortunately this patient had suffered catastrophic injuries and there was nothing paramedics could do."

from reuters. com