22-Year-Old Man Killed by Great White Shark While Fishing for Scallops Off Mexico Coast

Great White Shark, Guadalupe Island, Mexico.Photo: Dave Fleetham / Design Pics/Perspectives/Getty Images

A group of people who were with the fisherman pulled him out of the water and attempted to revive him, but to no avail, according toYahoo! News Australia.

Numerous fishermen helped bring the victim’s body back to a dock in Yavaros, a fishing port in Sonora,the Civil Protection Unit said.

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The victim was a free-diving fisherman who did not have a shark-repellent bracelet on at the time of the attack, the agency added.

This was at least the second, if not the third, deadly shark attack that occurred in Mexico in one month. On Dec. 2, a 26-year-old motherwas reportedly attackedwhile swimming with her 5-year-old daughter off the coast of Melaque.

Sonora’s Civil Protection Unit is asking fishermen totake all proper precautionswhen in the water.

source: people.com