Fellow surfers fought off the shark and brought the man to the beach but he could not be saved.
A 10-foot great white shark has attacked and killed a 60-year-old surfer off the coast of Australia, police have said.
Several surfers tried to help the man after he was attacked in the waters off Salt Beach in South Kingscliff, New South Wales, just after 10am on Sunday.before taking him onto the beach where he was given first aid for serious injuries to his left leg.Nearby beaches were cleared of swimmers and surfers and will remain closed for 24 hours.Stuart Gonsal, who lives in Kingscliff, had just arrived at the beach to go for a surf when he found out about the horrific attack.
"We came down and we hadn't got in the water and police were immediately hauling people in," he told ABC radio.
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