A 57-year-old man was fatally attacked by a shark on Sunday at midday while swimming off an islet in Noumea in New Caledonia, said civil security.
According to the first information available, the victim is a boater who was swimming near his boat, anchored off the Maitre islet, in Nouméa.
Leg bite
“According to witnesses, the man was bitten in the leg by a shark of about 4 meters. He had died when the helicopter emergency services arrived ”, a civil security agent told AFP. According to the site Les Nouvelles-Calédoniennes, he allegedly had his leg torn off and died of cardiac arrest.
Twenty minutes from Nouméa, the Îlot Maitre, which hosts hotels, restaurants and water sports, is very busy on weekends. The attack took place a few tens of meters from the seaside, which was evacuated by firefighters.
The town hall of Nouméa has issued a decree prohibiting swimming and nautical activities in the strip of coastline of 300 meters around the islet until Monday inclusive. The other beaches were not closed but the municipality called the bathers “With the greatest vigilance”.
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