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| Man killed in New Zealand shark attack | Man killed in New Zealand shark attack |
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| A shark has killed a man off a beach near the New Zealand city of Auckland. | A shark has killed a man off a beach near the New Zealand city of Auckland. |
| The attack took place around 13:30 (00:30 GMT) on Wednesday at Muriwai Beach, to the west of the country's largest city. | The attack took place around 13:30 (00:30 GMT) on Wednesday at Muriwai Beach, to the west of the country's largest city. |
| The 47-year-old man was swimming when he was attacked. Local media reports said police shot at the shark in a bid to rescue him. | The 47-year-old man was swimming when he was attacked. Local media reports said police shot at the shark in a bid to rescue him. |
| Shark attacks are rare in New Zealand. Only 11 fatal attacks had taken place since records began in 1847, TVNZ said. | Shark attacks are rare in New Zealand. Only 11 fatal attacks had taken place since records began in 1847, TVNZ said. |
| The last confirmed shark fatality was in 1976 in the Bay of Plenty, it said. | The last confirmed shark fatality was in 1976 in the Bay of Plenty, it said. |
| A brief police statement said that the man was found dead in the water after he was "bitten by a large shark". | A brief police statement said that the man was found dead in the water after he was "bitten by a large shark". |
| His body had been recovered and the beach was closed, police said. | |
| A fisherman told Stuff news website he saw the man swimming nearby. | |
| "All of a sudden... we saw the shark fin and next minute, boom, attack him, then blood everywhere on the water," Pio Mose said. | |
| Mr Mose said the man was still alive when "we saw another attack pull him in the water". | |
| Witnesses quoted by local media said police were able to fire multiple shots at the shark from a boat. There are conflicting reports on whether the shark was killed. | |
| "We don't know whether he hit it, but it rolled off and disappeared," Inspector Shawn Rutene told Stuff. | |
| More than one shark may have been involved in the attack, according to other local media reports. | |
| It is still unclear what species of shark attacked the man, but officials say great whites had been recently seen in the area. |