The 59-year-old had been swimming close to a pontoon near a busy tourist beach in the capital, Noumea.
abc.net.au/news/australian-dies-new-caledonia-shark-attack/101996660A shark has killed a 59-year-old Australian tourist near a crowded beach in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, authorities say.Drones were deployed to find sharks in the areaThe man was swimming close to a pontoon around 150 metres from Chateau-Royal beach in the capital Noumea on Sunday when the shark attacked, biting him several times.
Two people sailing their boat nearby rushed the swimmer back to shore, as swimmers who witnessed the incident rushed in a panic back to shore. Drones were deployed to locate the sharks, with two spotted just before operations were suspended at nightfall.
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