Shark severs leg of 61-year-old US surfer in attack

Shark severs leg of 61-year-old US surfer in attack
A surfer walks out of the ocean near Haleiwa, Hawaii (AP/Caleb Jones)

A man’s leg has been completely severed below the knee after he was attacked by a shark while surfing in Hawaii.

The 61-year-old man was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park on the island of Maui on Friday morning when a shark bit him.

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