Monday, December 04, 2006

Teen attacked at Australia's Wharton Beach -- update

A teenager whose leg was bitten off by a great white shark told yesterday how he felt a "bit of a tug" as he was mauled by the 4m monster.

Zac Golebiowski, 15, had his right leg torn off from the knee when he was attacked as he surfed with his 18-year-old brother and a friend near Esperance, in Western Australia, on Saturday.

As the WA Government yesterday temporarily overturned a hunting ban on the endangered species, saying the shark responsible could be killed if it was found close to people, Zac told his family of the seemingly innocuous moment when he was grabbed.

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