Emergency services are searching for the body of a 28-year-old man from Port Lincoln who is believed to have been killed by a shark at Granites Beach in South Australia.
Emergency services are searching for the body of a man believed to have been killed by a shark at Granites beach on SA's West Coast. South Australian police say they're looking for the body of a man who is believed to have been killed by a shark off South Australia's West Coast. Emergency services were called to Granites beach, 30 kilometres south-west of Streaky Bay, just after 7pm on Thursday evening following reports of a surfer being taken by a shark.
Police and State Emergency Service crews searched the area on Thursday night for the 28-year-old man from Port Lincoln.Senior Constable Rebecca Stokes said it was understood that a witness used a jetski immediately after the attack and recovered the surfboard. 'From witnesses descriptions we're pretty confident that sadly he's been killed by this shark. Senior Constable Stokes said there would be further resources deployed on Friday in conjunction with water operations, and PolAir if conditions allowed. Witnesses said at the time that Mr Gendle was paddling into the water when he was knocked off his surfboard A few days later, Mr Gendle's family issued a statement via police expressing their grief and thanking those involved in the search
SHARK ATTACK SURFER DEATH EMERGENCY SERVICES SOUTH AUSTRALIA GRANITES BEACH
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