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‘It was like a scene from Jaws’ says father of Bahamas shark attack boy, eight

An eight-year-old British boy has suffered a shark attack while on holiday in the Bahamas, in what his father described as “like a scene out of Jaws”. Finley Downer had to be pulled to safety by his sister after he was attacked by around three nurse ...

08 Aug 2022 at 12:12

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Teenage surfer dies after shark attack off South Australia

A 15-year-old surfer has died in the third fatal shark attack to take place in waters off South Australia state in recent months. Khai Cowley was attacked by a suspected great white shark on Thursday while surfing with his father off the remote ...

29 Dec 2023 at 08:14

Shark severs leg of 61-year-old US surfer in attack

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Shark bites 61-year-old US surfer, severing his leg below the knee

A man’s leg has been completely severed below the knee after he was attacked by a shark while surfing in Hawaii. The 61-year-old man was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park on the island of Maui on Friday morning when a shark bit him. Police ...

02 Nov 2024 at 08:40

British tourist ‘stable’ after shark attack off Caribbean island

A British tourist is in a “stable” condition in intensive care, with his wife at his side, after being seriously injured in a shark attack off a Caribbean island. The man, named by local authorities as Peter Smith, 64, from ...

27 Apr 2024 at 18:39

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Great white shark sightings on the rise along US Atlantic coast

Sightings of great white sharks are on the rise in the waters off the north-east coast of the United States – an area where sightings once were rare. Rick Clough spent some four decades fishing for lobsters and sea urchins ...

24 Aug 2025 at 16:47

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Beaches closed after shark kills man in his 50s near Sydney

A shark has fatally mauled a man in his 50s at a beach near Sydney, Australia, authorities said. Beaches were closed on Saturday as drones searched for the predator. Emergency crews were dispatched to Long Reef Beach ...

06 Sept 2025 at 07:25

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