Shark Shuts Down French Riviera!

Tourists visiting the French Riviera have been left high and dry after a shark sighting prompted a swimming ban.

The alert was issued yesterday after lifeguards patrolling in a motorboat spotted a creature measuring more than seven feet long.

Red ‘no swimming’ flags were also raised in the resorts of Villeneuve – Loubet and St. Laurent-du-Var, as people in boats telephoned warnings about the suspected shark, which had a large dorsal fin and a white belly. It was swimming some 150 feet off the coast, prompting fears that it might be wounded or ill, and might start attacking swimmers.

The French ban was lifted by this morning.

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