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Simon Baccanello, 46, is “presumed dead” after going missing at remote Walkers Rock Beach, around 450 miles west of Adelaide.
A witness at the scene, Jaiden Millar, was surfing near Baccanello when the attack happened, reportedCBS News.
“I saw his board tombstoning, which means he’s underwater and his board’s getting dragged under … trying to fight his way back to the surface,” Millar said, per CBS News.
On Monday,South Australian policesaid that emergency services located “two items of interest” in relation to Baccanello’s disappearance on Sunday.
They added that Baccanello was “presumed dead after a shark attack.”
“One item appears to be a piece of wetsuit material, and the other items appear to be small pieces of white polystyrene (possible surfboard material). No other items have been located to date,” the release continued. “Police will send the found items to be forensically analysed.”
“In consultation with the family, Police will continue to search Walkers Rock and surrounding beaches in the coming days after high tide,” the police continued.
Local State Emergency Service manager Trevlyn Smith told News Corp that the surfboard remnants had “one bite in the middle,” reportedCBS News.
Speaking toCNN, the principal at Baccanello’s school described the teacher as having “a real keenness with his students to make them feel good.”
The attack comes just two months after ateenage girl was killed in a rare shark attackin Western Australia.
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Stella Berry, 16, was jet skiing with friends on the Swan River in Perth when she jumped into the water to swim with a pod of dolphins, according to theAssociated Press,ReutersandCNN.
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Tragically, the girl died at the scene,according toThe Sydney Morning Herald. It was the first fatal shark attack on the river in 100 years.
source: people.com
