Horror off Sydney beach as 15ft great white shark kills swimmer

Many of Sydney’s most popular beaches were closed yesterday after a swimmer was killed in the city’s first fatal shark attack in almost 60 years.

Witnesses said they saw a large great white shark maul the victim, who was wearing a black wetsuit, before dragging him below the water in Little Bay, southeastern Sydney, eight miles from the central business district. Police found human remains and half of a torn wetsuit in the water, although the victim had not been identified.

Distressing video taken by onlookers showed the moment the predator attacked in a flurry of thrashing before the shark and its victim disappeared underwater. “Someone just got eaten by a shark,” a man can be heard yelling in the video. “A big great white,