Man killed by suspected 'large shark' in Sydney Our Foreign StaffSeptember 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM 0 A string of beaches in the area have been closed GETTY IMAGES A surfer has been killed in a suspected attack by a "large shark" off a beach in Sydney.
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Our Foreign StaffSeptember 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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A string of beaches in the area have been closed - GETTY IMAGES
A surfer has been killed in a suspected attack by a "large shark" off a beach in Sydney.
The 57-year-old man was pulled out of the water onto shore at Long Reef Beach on Saturday morning but died at the scene.
Two sections of a surfboard were recovered and taken for examination, police said, adding that they were working with experts to identify the species of shark involved.
New South Wales police described the victim as an "experienced surfer" with a wife and daughter. He had been in the water with friends at about 10am (12am UK time).
Officers said the man, who has not been named, had been surfing for about half an hour when he was attacked about 100 metres (328ft) from the shore by a "large shark", causing him to lose "a number of limbs".
New South Wales police superintendent John Duncan told reporters: "I do understand that both him and his board disappeared underwater.
"The body was found floating in the surf."
A couple of surfers saw him in the water and got him to shore, Mr Duncan said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene - AP
"Unfortunately, by that time we understand he lost probably a lot of blood and attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful."
People nearby saw the ocean predator, leaving police "fairly confident" that it was shark attack.
Images of the scene on local media showed police gathered on the shore and ambulances parked nearby.
The victim was bitten while surfing in the morning away from a patrolled area of the beach, according to Surf Life Saving NSW.
Beaches between the northern suburbs of Manly and Narrabeen have been closed for at least 24 hours, it said.
"For now, please remain clear of the water at beaches in the vicinity and follow the direction of lifeguards and lifesavers," Surf Life Saving NSW chief executive Steven Pearce said in a statement.
"Our deepest condolences go to the family of the man involved in this terrible tragedy."
Surf life saving clubs nearby have cancelled all water activity and training for the weekend.
It is the first fatal shark attack in Sydney since 2022, when 35-year-old British diving instructor Simon Nellist was killed off Little Bay.
The previous fatal attack in the city was in 1963.
Drones were now scanning the beach for shark activity, according to Australian public broadcaster ABC.
The death has shocked the local community - EPA
An unnamed surfer said the victim had been surfing off the adjoining Long Reef and Dee Why beaches at about 10am (12am UK time).
"Four or five surfers pulled him out of the water and it looked like a significant part of his lower half had been attacked," the surfer said, according to Sydney's Daily Telegraph.
People were ordered out of the water, he told the paper.
"There was a surf lifesaving guy waving a red flag," the surfer said. "I didn't know what it was ... but thought I should probably go in (to shore)."
Australia's last deadly shark attack was in March, when a surfer was taken off the remote Wharton Beach of Western Australia.
There have been more than 1,280 shark incidents around Australia since 1791, of which over 250 resulted in death, according to a database of the predators' encounters with humans.
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