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| Seychelles shark attack leaves Briton dead | Seychelles shark attack leaves Briton dead |
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| A UK man has died in a shark attack while on honeymoon in the Seychelles. | |
| Ian Martin Redmond, from Lancashire, survived the attack off the Indian Ocean archipelago but could not be saved, a local police spokesman said. | |
| He said Mr Redmond lost an arm and suffered hip injuries in the attack at 1700 local time on Tuesday and there was a "big effort" to catch the shark. | |
| The couple were were in the second week of their honeymoon and had been due to fly home on Sunday, he added. | |
| Police said he was killed whilst swimming off Anse Lazio beach, on the island of Praslin, the scene of a recent similar attack. | |
| Second attack | Second attack |
| A French national was reportedly killed by a shark off the same beach just over two weeks ago. | A French national was reportedly killed by a shark off the same beach just over two weeks ago. |
| Police spokesman Jean Toussaint said Mr Redmond was taken to hospital but had no chance of surviving. | |
| "We discovered that the British citizen was badly injured on the hips and the arms. He was assisted medically but unfortunately he could not make it," he said. | |
| "We haven't got the autopsy report yet but he definitely lost a lot of blood." | |
| Local restaurant owner Jeanne Vargiolu said she went to the beach on Tuesday after hearing sirens and that police told her Mr Redmond had severe arm and leg injuries. | Local restaurant owner Jeanne Vargiolu said she went to the beach on Tuesday after hearing sirens and that police told her Mr Redmond had severe arm and leg injuries. |
| "I saw his wife talking to about five people, I think one was English, that she still had hope he was still alive," she said. "They were trying to help him but they could not get him alive." | "I saw his wife talking to about five people, I think one was English, that she still had hope he was still alive," she said. "They were trying to help him but they could not get him alive." |
| Shark experts | |
| Ms Vargiolu said her family had lived on the beach for 36 years and the two shark attacks this month were the first she had seen. | Ms Vargiolu said her family had lived on the beach for 36 years and the two shark attacks this month were the first she had seen. |
| "It must be the same shark that attacked 16 days ago," she said. | "It must be the same shark that attacked 16 days ago," she said. |
| Police had said they would close the beach from Wednesday morning and were going "to put out a net to try and catch the shark tomorrow", she said. | Police had said they would close the beach from Wednesday morning and were going "to put out a net to try and catch the shark tomorrow", she said. |
| Director for tourism Alain St Ange told the Daily Mail the Seychelles authorities were taking the attacks very seriously. | Director for tourism Alain St Ange told the Daily Mail the Seychelles authorities were taking the attacks very seriously. |
| "If there is a rogue shark out there, we will try to catch it," he said. "We have requested shark experts from South Africa to come over to Seychelles to help us identify the type of shark it could be, but this kind of thing has never ever happened in Seychelles before." | "If there is a rogue shark out there, we will try to catch it," he said. "We have requested shark experts from South Africa to come over to Seychelles to help us identify the type of shark it could be, but this kind of thing has never ever happened in Seychelles before." |
| An employee at the La Reserve hotel told the Press Association the man and his wife had been guests there. | An employee at the La Reserve hotel told the Press Association the man and his wife had been guests there. |
| The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honeymooned in the Seychelles on North Island earlier this year. | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honeymooned in the Seychelles on North Island earlier this year. |