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A shark continued to hunt down an injured swimmer, circling a boat that rescued him after he was bitten at a popular Perth beach. In what was the fourth attack off the WA coast in just over a fortnight, the male swimmer was bitten on the foot by a 1.5m tiger shark at the Sandtrax surfing spot at Port Beach about 2.30pm on Wednesday. Before he was bitten, the shark “bumped the man multiple times”, a Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development spokesman said.
An ambulance was not called to the scene. The swimmer attended a doctor’s surgery for treatment. The incident comes just over two weeks after surfer Steven Payne was killed by a shark at Wharton Beach near Esperance on March 10. The 37-year-old from Geelong was in chest-deep water 50m from shore when what was believed to be a Great White attacked him in front of his partner and others on the beach.
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