Police shoot at 4.2m shark that killed swimmer

A shark possibly 4.2m long killed a swimmer near a popular New Zealand beach, then disappeared after police attempting to save the man fired gunshots at the enormous predator.

Police  shoot at   4.2m shark that killed swimmer

Muriwai Beach near Auckland was closed after the fatal attack, one of only about a dozen in New Zealand in the past 180 years.

Police recovered the body of the victim, identified as Adam Strange, a 46-year-old television and short film director, the New Zealand Herald said. Strange won a Crystal Bear award for best short film at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, according to his company’s website.

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