Woman killed in Plettenberg Bay shark attack
A 39-year-old woman's body was recovered after a shark attack in Plettenberg Bay off Central Beach.
On Sunday, 25 September 2022, a woman's body was recovered from the water in Plettenberg Bay off Central Beach after a fatal shark attack.
The woman, who is said to be 39 years old, was a tourist from Cape Town. Her husband and child were on the scene during the attack.
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CNN reported that this was the second shark attack in this area in the last three months.
SAPS and the NSRI Plettenberg Bay were alerted to the incident at 07:53 on Sunday.
According to The Daily Maverick, Bitou municipality and the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) confirmed that this was “very unusual when compared with previous years”.
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The beaches are currently closed to the public due to the fatal attack.
A Cape Town woman has died in a shark attack in Plettenberg Bay. The NSRI says the incident happened off Central Beach on Sunday. #eNCA #DStv403 pic.twitter.com/aL6VclStpe
— eNCA (@eNCA) September 25, 2022
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