West Australia 5th Fatal Shark Attack in Year Shuts Beaches
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Western Australia state closed beaches and began hunting for a great white shark believed to be responsible for the fifth fatal attack in less than a year, the fisheries department said.
The shark yesterday took a surfer off an isolated beach at Wedge Island, 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of the state capital, Perth, the department’s Shark Response Unit spokesman, Tony Cappelluti, said in a phone interview today. The man’s remains haven’t been recovered.