Multiple beaches in Sydney's east have been closed for 24 hours after a swimmer was killed by a shark in a chilling attack:
NSW Police search the waters edge at Buchan Point in Malabar, off Little Bay Beach in Sydney, on 17 February.Multiple beaches in Sydney's east have been closed for 24 hours after a swimmer was killed by a shark in a chilling attack.
The swimmer died from catastrophic injuries after being targeted by what witnesses said was a four-and-a-half metre great white shark at Little Bay in the city's east on Wednesday afternoon. Randwick Council has shut a number of beaches including Little Bay, Malabar, Maroubra, Coogee, Clovelly and La Perouse for 24 hours.Bronte, Tamarama, Bondi, Coogee, Clovelly, Sth Maroubra, Little Bay, Malabar/Long Bay, La Perouse, Wanda, Elouera, Nth Cronulla and Cronulla"Council Lifeguards will patrol beaches over the next 24 hours looking for any further sightings of sharks," Mayor Dylan Parker tweeted.
"To lose someone on our coastline like this is chilling to the core," he told Sydney radio 2GB on Thursday.Later, human remains were found in the water. NSW Ambulance inspector Lucky Phrachnanh said the swimmer "suffered catastrophic injuries as a result of the attack and there was nothing paramedics could do when we arrived on scene".A area closed sign and a barrier blocking access to the beach is seen at Little Bay Beach in Sydney, 17 February.A witness told Nine News he saw a four-and-a-half metre great white shark attack the swimmer."We heard a yell ... it looked like a car had landed in the water," he said.
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