There have been a number of shark attacks in the Eastern Cape recently. Some were lucky to escape unscathed, while others lost their lives in the attacks. Here are some of them:
December 16 2009: A lifeguard, Tshintshekile Nduva, is killed by a shark in Port St. Johns. The 27-year-old died just a few minutes after the attack.
January 15 2012: A Port St Johns surfer dies after being attacked by a shark at Second Beach. The 25-year-old man was surfing when the incident took place.
March 03 2013: Fundile Nodumla, 39, of Mthatha fights off a shark with his bare hands in shallow waters of Port St John’s Second Beach. He was admitted to Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital with injuries.
January 15 2012: Lungisani Msungubali, 23, dies after being attacked by a shark at Second Beach in Port St Johns. He was surfing with friends when the incident happened.
June 16 2013: An east London surfer, Kevin Bracey, is probably still thanking his lucky stars that he is still alive after a shark bit a chunk out of his board at Queensberry Bay, on the East Coast. He suffered minor lacerations around his knee when the shark attacked him while he was paddling out with a friend, Dave Boatwright.
March 22 2014: A 72-year-old Austrian tourist dies after being attacked by a shark at the Second Beach in Port St Johns.
January 23 2015 : In East London, a Nahoon Beach bather was chomped on the ankle by a shark while cooling off after a game of beach soccer.
July 18 2015: Mick Fanning is attacked by a large shark while surfing in the final of the international live-streamed competition at Supertubes in Jeffreys Bay.
Eight shark attacks in EC waters in the past 5 years
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