Counties Manukau fishermen beat shark off with broom while reeling in near-300kg tuna
A fisherman reeling in a near-300kg tuna battled both the monster fish and a hungry shark that bit off the tuna’s tail and ...
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Man attacked by shark says it wanted to kill him having mauled someone else – so he jabbed it in the eye
A tourist has recalled jabbing a tiger shark in the eyes just moments after watching it attack a fellow snorkeler. Peppino Fappani, 69, said he stuck his middle finger in the shark’s eye three ...
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I watched a shark kill a man in front of my eyes. Then it came for me
A tourist described how he jabbed a tiger shark in the eyes to fend off an attack after watching a fellow snorkeller being mauled to death. Peppino Fappani, a 69-year-old retired dentist from ...
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Haunting picture of young surfer feared to have been mauled by a shark is revealed as frantic search for his body continues
The victim of a fatal shark attack on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula has been identified as 28-year-old Lance Appleby. The experienced surfer was attacked at Granites Beach just after 7pm on ...
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'I fought off a shark after it killed a man in front of me – by sticking my middle finger in its eye'
A tourist has described the moment he fought off a shark by jabbing his middle finger in its eye just moments after it savagely attacked another swimmer. Retired Italian dentist Pepino Fappani ...
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Missing surfer believed to have been killed by shark
A surfer missing in Australia is believed to have died in a shark attack, Police said on Friday, as they continued to search the waters where the man disappeared. The 28-year-old was in the sea at ...
The Mirror1mon
Shark attack feared as reason for surfer's disappearance after board washes up
A surfer who disappeared off the coast of South Australia is believed to have died in a shark attack, according to authorities. 28-year-old Lance Appleby was in the water catching the surf at the ...
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Shark attack at north Queensland beach leaves two seriously injured
A man has lost his right foot and another has had his calf severed in a shark attack at Airlie Beach in the Whitsunday region of north Queensland. The two seriously injured men were British ...
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Shark attack victim, 28, remembered as 'beautiful young man'
Lance Appleby, the victim of a shark attack, has been remembered as a talented surfer, a great footballer and a beautiful young man. The search for the 28-year-old's body continued off an Eyre ...
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Fisherman warned of ‘big angry’ shark in water before surfer attacked
“He caught a wave and flipped off the wave and proceeded to paddle back and he was attacked,” Mr Schmucker ... there’s a big angry shark very close, you really should get out of the water.’” ...
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Surfing's risks have rarely been starker — but some of us can't stay away
"A family and a community are in mourning today after a fatal shark attack along South Australia's coast." That sentence, or others very much like it, has sadly had to be penned by journalists on ...