Great white shark suspected in dying of grandfather-to-be at standard seashore

A “devoted” father and grandfather-to-be was reportedly killed by a shark this week whereas swimming at a seashore in Australia.

Greg O’Neill, 63, was swimming at Sorrento Beach within the northern suburbs of Perth in Western Australia on Friday when the assault occurred in entrance of horrified beachgoers.

“I couldn’t believe there was that much blood (that had) come out of a human body,” Ryan Rowe, a resident who went to the seashore quickly after the assault, advised The West Australian newspaper.

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O’Neill’s dying additionally prompted Australia’s fisheries minister, Jackie Jarvis, to make the uncommon name for a catch-and-kill of the nice white, which is a protected species.

“In making that decision, I considered the exceptional circumstances of the attack, the hazard posed by the shark, and the potential recovery of coronial evidence,” she mentioned.

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Police haven’t mentioned if O’Neill’s stays have been discovered, however added they have been assured the “swimmer died as a result of the attack.”

Witness Darrel Haythornthwaite advised Nine Network tv that O’Neill was swimming with a buddy when he was attacked.

“I was just shocked. I mean, I feel for his mate,” Haythornthwaite mentioned. “He’s apologized and said ‘I didn’t save my mate’ … I said, ‘You couldn’t have done anything.'”

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O’Neill advised ABC News Australia, “Our family is deeply shocked and devastated by the terrible tragedy that took the life of father, grandfather-to-be, brother, uncle, husband and friend, Greg James O’Neill.”

“He was a generous, devoted family man that gave his children so much love, care and opportunity. Greg loved the ocean and was known as a passionate swimmer, sports lover, dedicated worker and an all round generous, witty guy,” the household added. “The kind thoughts and support from everyone who has reached out are deeply appreciated.”

A surfer additionally suffered a critical leg harm on Monday in a shark assault about 250 miles north of Perth.

O’Neill was the fifth deadly shark assault this yr.

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Three spearfishing divers have been killed between May and June in assaults and a 12-year-old boy was killed in Sydney Harbor in January.