A real life “Jaws” scene occured in New Zealand as a 40-year-old man was killed in a shark attack at Auckland Muriwai Beach.
According to our source, the man had been swimming alone from Maori Bay To Muriwai Beach before the attack. A fisherman witnessed the whole attack when he was out fishing at the beach. The witness said:
“All of a sudden… we saw the shark fin and next minute, boom, attacks him then blood every where on the water.”
The man did signaled for help before he was pulled back underwater. At this point, the witness says three or four other sharks appeared in the area and the police officers fire “dozens” of shots into the water at the shark but in no avail.
The man’s body was then recovered back to the family, who are said to be very upset. The police statement said all the beach near the city of Auckland has been closed.
According to Department of Conversation shark expert, there have been 14 known fatal shark attacks in NZ since records began around 1837. The last death was in 2009.
source: Stuff NZ
