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Is Australia really seeing more shark attacks?

  • wilson079
  • Oct 16, 2020
  • 1 min read

The alert about the latest shark attack came last Friday: a surfer was missing; his board dragged from the waves bearing bite marks.

Western Australian authorities have since called off the search for Andrew Sharpe, 52, confirming he was mauled by a shark.

Friends who witnessed the attack said he had been knocked off his board and pulled underwater. Police divers later found scraps of his wetsuit.

His death in Wylie Bay, a popular surf spot, marks the seventh fatal shark attack in Australian waters this year, causing alarm among beach-going communities.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54112992


 
 
 

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