Remains found after rare shark attack on swimmer in Israel

Stays have been discovered by search and rescue groups after a swimmer was attacked by a shark off the coast of northern Israel on Monday, the nation’s Fireplace and Rescue Authority says.

The stays recovered on Tuesday afternoon have been transferred to the Institute of Forensic Drugs for identification.

Native media mentioned the lacking swimmer was a 40-year-old man from central Israel.

The extraordinarily uncommon incident occurred within the sea at Hadera, about 40km (25 miles) north of Tel Aviv. Individuals on Olga Seaside may very well be heard yelling in shock in footage posted on social media.

Sharks are recognized to assemble there the place heat water is discharged by an area energy plant, and particularly right now of 12 months, however they’re normally innocent.

There have been no recorded deadly shark assaults in waters off Israel for the reason that nation was based in 1948.

Police closed the seashore whereas rescue groups looked for the lacking man.

In video shared on-line, a person may be seen at a distance of what seems to be a couple of hundred ft out to sea. He’s seen flailing round as individuals on the seashore shout that he’s being attacked.

“I was in the water, I saw blood and there were screams,” a witness, Eliya Motai, informed Ynet information web site.

“I was a few meters from shore,” he mentioned. “It’s terrifying. We were here yesterday and saw the sharks circling us.”

Dusky and sandbar sharks are recognized to cluster within the space, which is dominated by the Orot Rabin energy station, the most important in Israel.

They’re attracted by the water warmed up by the plant and by fish that are carried down there from a close-by stream.

Monday’s incident is barely the fourth documented shark assault in Israel’s historical past, in line with YNet.