A Fiji man died after he was bitten by a shark while on a diving expedition.

The 28-year-old man, Aisake Sadole, was part of a group of four who went night diving in Ba yesterday evening.

According to police reports, the group realized one of their members was missing after he failed to surface.

They dived again and found his body at the bottom of the sea… with shark bites on his arm and face.

Sadole was rushed to the Lautoka Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival due to blood loss.

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Jason Cull says he plunged his fingers into the eye of the white pointer trying to free himself from its jaws after being bitten in the leg while swimming off Middleton Beach in Albany, Western Australia. 



The 37-year-old father-of-two underwent five hours of surgery at Albany Hospital yesterday to repair his left calf.

Reliving the ordeal from his hospital bed, Culls says he was just 250 feet from the beach during a 7.30am swim when the shark clamped its jaws around his left leg and dragged him under water.

The action was caught by Mark Bickerdike, who thought he was snapping an early morning picture of a dolphin. Think again, Mark.

As Jason Cull struggles to make his way to shore, two of his friends can be seen splashing the water to distract the 12 ft shark.

A wounded Mr Cull can be seen in the foreground being helped to shore by local surf lifesaver Joanne Lucas, who came to his rescue after he was bitten. 



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An Albany man (Australia, not New York) was savaged by a 13 ft shark just off the town’s most popular beach and he owes his life to a local hero who swam to his rescue and helped bring him to shore before the shark could finish him off.

The shark took two chunks from 37-year-old Jason Cull’s left leg, leaving him flailing and yelling for help at Middleton Beach at 7.30am.

Local woman, Joanne Lucas, swam out and rescued him while the shark continued to cruise the area. Jason was taken to Albany Regional Hospital for surgery.

Authorities closed the beach and sent a plane to monitor the shark, along with a couple others that were sighted in the bay.

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New Smyrna’s 11th victim, Zane Atcha, was walking in about 18 inches of water near 27th Avenue when a shark took a hold of the back of his left foot near his calf, making two cuts.

He was treated by Volusia County lifeguards at the scene and was then transported to Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach where he received eight stitches. Eh, Not too bad.

The shark bite occurred about three miles from the jetty where most shark bites occur.

When asked if he would go swimming any time soon, Zane said only in his pool.

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A 6-year-old suffered severe lacerations on the leg during a shark attack at New Smyrna Beach, FL this morning.

The incident happened at about 11:30 a.m. and the child was rushed to a nearby hospital. Investigators told Local 6 News that the child was bitten on the calf.

That makes 11 shark attacks for Volusia County this year… and it’s not even summer yet!

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In the first four months of 2008, four fatal shark attacks along with numerous non-fatal attacks worldwide.

The increasing numbers have alarmed beachgoers, and scientists and shark experts are looking for the reason behind the attacks.

Some theorize the cause may be global warming. Warmer waters could mean sharks will turn up in places they haven’t before. Al Gore never warned me about this. I’ll definitely be more diligent about my recycling now!

“As long as we have an increase in human hours in the water, we will have an increase in shark bites,” says George Burgess, who maintains the International Shark Attack File.

Other factors, such as overfishing, may also be at play. If the sharks’ food supply is reduced, they’ll go looking elsewhere for food.

Do your part.

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