Swimmer killed by shark in horrifying attack in front of beachgoers: video
A swimmer was killed by a shark in a vicious attack filmed by horrified beachgoers Wednesday near Sydney, video shows.
Police said they recovered human remains in the water after emergency crews responded to reports of a great white shark attack at Buchan Point in Malabar about 4:30 p.m. local time.
In the terrifying scene captured by a beachgoer, the shark could be seen thrashing around as the waves turned bright red from the victim’s blood.
“Someone just got eaten by a shark!” a man yelled in the video, adding that the shark was a “big great white.”
“That’s insane.”
A police officer said on the radio: “Footage clearly shows a body, half a body, being taken by a shark,” adding that first responders “found some remains.”
“Unfortunately, this person had suffered catastrophic injuries as a result of the attack and there was nothing paramedics could do when we arrived on the scene,” NSW Ambulance Inspector Lucky Phrachanh told abc.net.au.
The attack was reportedly the first shark fatality in Sydney since 1963.
Kris Linto, a witness, told 9 News that the beast attacked the swimmer “vertically.”
“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,” he told the outlet.
“It was really bad,” he added.
Dylan Parker, the mayor of the Sydney suburb of Randwick, said the community was in shock.
“The coast is our community’s backyard,” he told abc.net.au. “Little Bay is normally such a calm, beautiful place, enjoyed by families. To lose someone to a shark like this is chilling. We are all in shock.”
Another witness said he was fishing off rocks when he saw a man wearing a wetsuit swimming across the bay before the horrific attack.
“He was yelling at first, and then when he went down there were so many splashes,” the man told the outlet. “It was terrible. I am shaking. I keep vomiting. It’s very, very upsetting.”
