Rescuers in west Australia search for man attacked by sharks

SYDNEY — Rescue services successful occidental Australia were searching for a antheral who was attacked by aggregate sharks, constabulary said.

Two teenagers connected a vessel saw what they believed was a shark onslaught astatine Port Beach successful the North Fremantle suburb of Perth connected Saturday greeting and alerted different swimmers to get retired of the oversea and called exigency services.

Police were incapable to corroborate however galore sharks were progressive successful the onslaught but Western Australia Police Acting Inspector Troy Douglas said it was “obviously astatine slightest one.” Some reports quoting witnesses said the onslaught progressive a White shark and a Tiger shark.

“I was astir to spell into the h2o and really a woman stopped maine and said ‘don’t spell successful determination there’s been a shark sighting,’” said Suzette Harding. “And past wrong a infinitesimal oregon truthful ... these young boys successful the dinghy came screaming up on the beach, waving everyone retired of the water.”

Douglas said the 57-year-old antheral was a regular astatine the beach. He said the hunt would spell connected for arsenic agelong arsenic imaginable Saturday and resume astatine archetypal airy connected Sunday, if helium is not found.

Douglas praised the teenagers for making “a fantastic effort” and reacting rapidly by alerting exigency services and providing accusation to assistance the search.

At slightest 5 Water Police and rescue boats and 2 helicopters were scouring the country and an ambulance was sent to the scene.

All beaches successful the country person been closed.

The astir caller fatal shark onslaught successful Australia was connected Sept. 5 successful New South Wales authorities connected the eastbound coast.