2010-01-25 05:00:19 - Biological Hazard - Australia EDIS CODE: BH-20100125-24687-AUS
Date & Time: 2010-01-25 05:00:19 [UTC]
Area: Australia, State of Victoria, 13th beach, Barwon Heads Number of Injured person(s): 1
Not confirmed information! Description: A man has escaped with hand injuries after reportedly being attacked by a shark while surfing off 13th beach. It is believed a Barwon Heads man was surfing about 50 to 100m offshore from 13th Beach at 7.30am on Friday when he was approached by a 1.5m blue shark. “He felt something next to his leg, thought it was seaweed and tried to brush it off…then he realised it wasn’t seaweed,” a source told the Geelong Advertiser. “He tried to punch it to get it away from where he was but as he went to punch it, it got his right hand in its mouth.” After a brief struggle, the shark released the man, who hurried to shore and was taken to hospital suffering bite marks to his right hand. It’s understood the man spent much of Friday morning with plastic surgeons who tended to his wounds. Surf life savers patrol 13th Beach from 10am to 6pm throughout January. According to the International Shark Attack File, four humans have died as a result of blue shark attacks.
The name of Hazard: Shark Attack
Species: Animal
Status: Confirmed
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