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    Shark Attack News

    Shark bite victim looses foot in False Bay attack.

    Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 13 August, 2006 : - - A 24-year-old surf lifesaver lost his foot when he was bitten by a shark in False Bay on Sunday morning, said the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). It's still unclear as to what shark attacked the lifeguard. Medical response was dispatched immediately and the victim Achmat Hassiem was airlifted to hospital in a rescue helicopter.

    On Sunday afternoon he was undergoing surgery at the Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic in Cape Town. "He's in theatre at the moment. He lost a foot. He's stable at the moment," said Constantiaberg nursing manager Frankie Redfern. Hassiem's father, Moegsien Hassiem, said the family was awaiting the outcome of the surgery.

    He said Achmat and his brother, Taariq, 17, had been in the water together when the shark bit Achmat. Achmat Hassiem was with the surf lifesavers from Lifesaving SA's False Bay Lifesaving Club which was practising surf rescues at the time.

    Read the full report by Louise Flanagan at IOL.co.za


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