Beaches closed after shark kills man in his 50s near Sydney

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A shark has fatally mauled a man in his 50s at a beach near Sydney&comma; Australia&comma; authorities said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Beaches were closed on Saturday as drones searched for the predator&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Emergency crews were dispatched to Long Reef Beach shortly after 10aam local time on Saturday &lpar;1am BST&rpar;&comma; responding to reports that a man had suffered critical injuries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The man&comma; whose identity has yet to be confirmed&comma; was retrieved from the surf and brought to shore but died at the scene&period; Two sections of a surfboard have been recovered and taken for examination&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;186995" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-186995" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;IMG&lowbar;9745&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-186995" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-186995" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Police and members of the public rushed to the scene<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Police have closed the beach and are liaising with wildlife experts to determine the species of shark involved&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nearby beaches have been closed pending further advice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Witnesses say the victim was brought ashore by two fellow surfers and that distraught family members rushed to the scene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Local surfer Bill Sakula told reporters at the beach he heard about the attack while preparing to leave for a morning surf&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s going to send shockwaves through the community&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Everyone is going to be a little bit nervous for a while&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Surf Life Saving NSW has deployed a drone to search for further shark activity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our deepest condolences go to the family of the man involved in this terrible tragedy&comma;” the group’s chief executive Steve Pearce said&period; He urged people to stay out of the water at the beaches in the vicinity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The attack is thought to be the first in the state of New South Wales this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The last time a person was killed by a shark in Sydney was in February 2022&period; That was the city’s first fatal shark attack since 1963&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shark nets were installed at 51 beaches between Newcastle and Wollongong on Monday as part of a seasonal programme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e0b902bcc5f">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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