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Shark Attack Seriously Injures Southern California Swimmer; Some Local Beaches Closed


The man was one of about a dozen swimmers about 100 yards off the beach in murky water who were heading back to shore when the attack occurred.

The man was one of about a dozen swimmers about 100 yards off the beach in murky water who were heading back to shore when the attack occurred. “There was a lot of bleeding, so they determined it was likely an arterial wound in the left hand and wrist area,” City of Del Mar Chief Lifeguard John Edelbrock told the San Diego Union Tribune. The attack is the second in the past 16 months in Del Mar which, along with much of Northern San Diego County has a significant population of juvenile great white sharks.

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