Woman killed by great white shark as she went out for early morning swim

25.09.2022 - 21:23 / dailyrecord.co.uk

A woman has been killed by a great white shark as she went out for early morning swim.

The 39-year-old was victim of the horrific attack while she was on holiday in South Africa. The lady hadn't ventured beyond the shallow water when the deadly predator raced in from the deep and launched a savage attack, not far from her fellow swimmers.

As reported by the Mirror, she had been on the edge of a group and began screaming as the shark bit into her and vanished again. The National Sea Rescue Institute was called to Central Beach in Plettenberg Bay as screaming swimmers and surfers cleared the water just before 8am on Saturday, September 24.

A rescue craft was launched in a desperate effort to save the woman but arrived too late and found her blood soaked body around 50 feet from shore. Local officials shut the beach and put up signs warning people to stay out of the water.

The woman is the third person to be victim of a vicious great white attack in the past 11 years. An eyewitness told rescuers: "It was a bit cloudy but there was some sun out and there were quite a few people taking an early dip as the temperature was quite warm.

"Then I just heard lots of screaming and saw people running out the water. I guessed it was a shark attack but I was quite a way away and then the lifeboat turned up.

"I then heard a woman had been attacked while swimming only two or three waves out so it was quite shallow but it was said nothing could be done to help her".

Bitou Municipality Mayor David Swart said: “We have never had a fatality at Plettenberg until 2011 and now we have had three with two in the last three months.

“We are researching into and looking at putting up a shark barrier and increased warning signage and starting our lifeguard’s