The Foreign Office says it is checking reports that a man killed in a shark attack in Australia was British. The attack took place at the popular tourist destination of Byron Bay on the country's east coast.
Police confirmed in a statement that the victim, who was in his 40s, was "bitten on the right leg by what is believed to be a shark". "He was seen floating in shallow water, close to the shore line, and dragged on to the beach," the statement said. Police have yet to formally identify the man or establish what he had been doing in the water. Byron Bay is a renowned surfing location near Cape Byron, the most easterly point of the Australian mainland 500 miles (800km) north of Sydney.
INC News, 09/09/2014
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