Shark attack kills South African surfer

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - A South African surfer died after a shark attacked him Tuesday in Plettenberg Bay, off the countrys southern coast, the National Sea Rescue Institute said. The 49-year-old man was pulled from the water with multiple shark bites and rushed to the hospital, where doctors tried unsuccessfully to revive him, said spokesman Craig Lambinon. He had bite marks to his leg, thigh and groin area, Lambinon told AFP. After all efforts to resuscitate him were exhausted, he was declared dead. The incident comes on the heels of a number of headline-grabbing shark attacks. The Seychelles last week closed down beaches after a shark savaged a British honeymooner as his horrified spouse looked on, the countrys second fatal attack in 15 days.