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AUSTRALIA: British Man Mauled To Death By Great White Shark In Sydney

#AceNewsReport – Feb.17: A British swimmer killed by a 15ft great white shark in Sydney’s first fatal attack for 59 years has been pictured.

#AceDailyNews says heres the first picture of British man, 35, mauled to death by great white shark in Sydney

Joe RobertsThursday 17 Feb 2022 7:50 am

Brit mauled to death by shark was engaged and training for charity swim

Simon Nellist, 35, was an experienced ocean swimmer who was training for a charity swim when he was attacked metres from Buchan Point, near Little Bay.

Little Bay victim Simon Nellist
British expat Simon Nellist has been identified as the victim of the shark attack in Sydney (Picture: Facebook)

The expat’s remains were found in the water yesterday afternoon after witnesses watched in horror as the shark attacked. 

Simon’s friends revealed he was a dive instructor who was due to be married.

‘Everything that is connected to Simon is connected to the ocean,’ friend Della Ross told 7News.

‘The news hit us like a truck because he was one of the people who make this earth lighter.’

The Brit spent much of his time in the sea and had been training for the Malabar ocean swim this weekend, which has now been cancelled.

Little Bay victim Simon Nellist
Simon Nellist was an experienced swimmer who was training for a charity swim (Picture: Facebook)
Little Bay victim Simon Nellist
Simon Nellist was a dive instructor who was due to be married (Picture: Facebook)
Sydney Shark attack at Little Beach Bay
Simon Nellist was attacked by a shark at Little Beach Bay (Picture: Metro.co.uk)
People walk close to the site of a fatal shark attack off Little Bay Beach in Sydney on February 17, 2022, as authorities deployed baited lines to try to catch a giant great white shark that devoured an ocean swimmer, the city's first such attack in decades. (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD FAROOQ/AFP via Getty Images)
One man entered the water close to the site of a fatal shark attack off Little Bay Beach (Picture: AFP)

Local fishermen were heard shouting ‘someone just got eaten by a shark’ in disturbing footage showing the great white thrash about as the water turned red.

Experts believe the shark probably mistook Simon, who was reportedly wearing a wetsuit, for a seal.

Australian authorities are now using helicopters and drones to search for the killer shark.

A coastguard team on jet skis is also patrolling a 25km (15.5 mile) stretch of water from Bondi to Cronulla as they try to prevent a further attack.

Swimmers have been banned from the water as officials closed most of the city’s beaches.Shark attack kills swimmer in Sydney bay

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Lifeguard teams on jet skis are patrolling the water for the shark (Picture: OnScene Bondi)
A fisheries boat patrols the site of a fatal shark attack off Little Bay Beach in Sydney on February 17, 2022, as authorities deployed baited lines to try to catch a giant great white shark that devoured an ocean swimmer, the city's first such attack in decades. (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD FAROOQ/AFP via Getty Images)
Boats are going up the Sydney coast looking for the killer shark (Picture: AFP)

This was the first fatal shark attack in Sydney since 1963.

The New South Wales state government has spent millions on technology to reduce shark attacks along its coast.

Nets have been deployed at 51 beaches, as well as drones and shark listening stations that can track great white sharks by satellite, and send an alert when one is sighted.

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