Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Warning for Honeymoon because 6-foot shark

A honeymoon British newlyweds in the Seychelles was fatally attacked by a shark as his girlfriend watched helplessly from the beach Tuesday.  The honeymoon horror happened as Ian Redmond, 30, diving on the island of Praslin. He was attacked by a 6-foot-long "rogue" shark, reported the Telegraph.

Redmond's wife, Gemma Houghton, 27, whom he had married just two weeks ago, was sunbathing at the time. She ran for help, screaming: "That's my husband!" the paper reported.

Beachgoers who witnessed the gory attack were appalled.

"I saw a swimmer who was missing a huge chunk of flesh from his left leg - so much so that I could see the bone of his thigh," one tourist told The Telegraph.

"He was sickeningly pale, but still had flippers on both feet," the tourist said.

Witnesses who were in a boat when Redmond was attacked him out of the water, but later died at a local hospital because he had lost much blood, the newspaper said.

Redmond's death was the second fatal shark attack reported on the beach of Anse Lazio on Praslin. Nicolas François Virolle French tourist, 36, was killed August 2, The Guardian reported.

With the man-eating or eating human flesh is still lurking in the waters off the coast of Praslin, authorities banned swimming at Anse Lazio and closed all the beaches nearby, reports said.

Shark Specialists of South Africa also hopes to reach the island to hunt the sea monster or monsters.