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Several beaches in Sydney such as the famous Bondi and Bronte, were shut down on Thursday after a 35-year-old swimmer was mauled to death by a white shark, according to local media reports.</p>
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<img alt="" src="https://www.indianarrative.com/upload/news/download_(7).png" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" />This is the first fatality due to a shark attack at the Australian city&#39;s beaches in nearly 60 years.</p>
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Drum lines, which are used to bait sharks, have been set up near the attack site while drones have been deployed as officials searched for the shark.</p>
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A video shared online showed a shark attacking a person on Wednesday afternoon off Little Bay beach, about 20 km south of Australia&#39;s largest city and near the entrance to Botany Bay. Police have not yet disclosed the identity of the swimmer, a Reuters report said.</p>
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The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) confirmed on Thursday that a great white shark at least three metres long was likely responsible for Wednesday afternoon&rsquo;s fatal attack, according to a report in The Guardian.</p>
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&ldquo;Based on footage provided by the public, including eyewitness accounts, DPI shark biologists believe that a white shark, at least three metres in length, was likely responsible,&rdquo; the DPI said in a statement.</p>
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A famed Sydney ocean swim has been cancelled after a swimmer was fatally mauled by a shark off Little Bay.</p>
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The Murray Rose Malabar Magic Ocean Swim was meant to go ahead this Sunday but following the tragic incident organisers have decided to cancel it.</p>
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