Shark Bites Dubai Surfer!

A surfer was been bitten by a shark just off Dubai’s Umm Suqeim beach (not too far from those fancy man-made islands). Australian Michael Geraghty needed stitches for the gash on his foot after the attack.

However, experts have told the public not to be alarmed as, although sightings of sharks are common in the Gulf, such attacks are extremely rare.

Geraghty was riding the waves on Saturday when he was pulled from his surfboard. When he looked down, he saw the blood in the water. He was taken to Rashid Hospital’s emergency department where doctors told him there were teeth marks around the big gash across the ball of his foot.

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