Shark attack Durban

2022 - 4 - 3

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Shark attack suspected as ravaged body washes up (East Coast Radio)

Investigations are under way into the death of a man whose body washed up on La Lucia beach, north of Duran.

"Officials will determine the exact cause of death with the body handed over to Durban SAPS for further investigation", Herbst said. Emergency personnel say it appears he was partially ravaged by a shark. "When medics turned the body over for assessments they found that a portion of the right upper arm and right chest were missing with multiple shark bites clearly visible", he said.

Shark scavenged body found washed up on Durban beach (Independent Online)

TWO bodies washed ashore at Durban beaches on Friday, one of which had sustained shark bite marks thought to have been inflicted after death.

Although authorities will determine the exact cause of death, it is believed the deceased had been preyed on following the drowning,” said Herbst.The body was handed over to the Durban North SAPS for further investigation. Netcare spokesperson Shawn Herbst said they were alerted to a drowning on Friday at about 4.36pm.“Netcare 911 received a call for a drowning off Lady Ellen Crescent in La Lucia, Durban. Reports indicate that while walking on the beach, a man came across the decomposing body of an adult male face down between washed up flotsam.“A second body was also found in the shore break, but had washed back out to sea by the strong surf before lifeguards arrived on scene," said Herbst.On scene with Netcare 911 was the Durban Metro Search and Rescue, eThekwini lifeguards, Marshall Security, SAPS Search and Rescue Unit, among others.“When medics turned the body over for assessment, it was found that a portion of the right upper arm and right chest area were missing, with multiple shark bite marks clearly visible.

Shark attack: Mutilated body with multiple bites washes up on ... (Citizen)

Durban Saps are investigating the circumstances under which a man's decomposing body, mutilated by shark bites, washed ashore on Friday.

While the NSRI and EMS personnel were conducting a search, the man’s bodyboard was washed up on the beach, riddled with bite marks. “A second body was also found in the shore break but had washed back out to sea by the strong surf before lifeguards arrived on the scene,” Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst. According to Netcare 911, a man walking along the shore off Lady Ellen Crescent in La Lucia, Durban, discovered the body on Friday afternoon.

Body washed up on Durban beach 'partly eaten by shark' (TimesLIVE)

La Lucia beach, where the body of a drowned man washed up covered in shark bites on April 1 2022. Image: Netcare 911.

“When medics turned the body over for assessment, it was found that a portion of the right upper arm and right chest area were missing, with multiple shark bite marks clearly visible.” “Reports indicate that a while walking on the beach, a man came across the decomposing body of an adult male face down between washed-up flotsam,” said Herbst. Parts of the man's right upper arm and right chest area were missing when medics examined the body on La Lucia beach, said Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst.

'Multiple shark bites': Part of chest missing from corpse found in La ... (The South African)

'Although authorities will determine the exact cause of death, it is believed the deceased had been predated on following the drowning,' said Netcare911.

“Although authorities will determine the exact cause of death, it is believed the deceased had been predated on following the drowning,” said Herbst. The body was lying face down between flotsam. “A second body was also found in the shore break, but had washed back out to sea by the strong surf before Lifeguards arrived on the scene,” said Herbst.

Man's body washes ashore with multiple shark bites along KZN's ... (Independent Online)

Part of the right upper-arm and the right chest area was missing, with multiple shark bite marks clearly visible.

In a tweet, police said Durban SAPS search-and-rescue divers, along with Umhlali SAPS’s K9 search and rescue unit, KwaDukuza Lifeguards and IPSS Medical Rescue services continued their search for the victim.“The body of a 19-year-old male with shark bites was recovered from the shoreline. It is believed that this was the second body to have been recovered with shark bite marks along the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, since the start of the year. Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said they received a call of a drowning off Lady Ellen Crescent in La Lucia at 4.36pm.