Usurfer osemncane uhlaselwe ngushaka osebeni lolwandle eSouth Wales. Ukuvikela ezinye izehlakalo, wonke amabhishi akulesi sifunda avaliwe okwesikhashana.
Ngenhlanhla, lo mfana wayigcina yonke imilenze yakhe, waphunyuka ngokusikeka ethangeni lakhe langakwesokudla. Ngaphambi kokuba uCooper Allen oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala ayiswe esibhedlela esiseduze, abatakuli balapha amanxeba akhe. Ukuze kusheshe kuthunyelwe isisulu kodokotela, kwabizwa nendiza enophephela emhlane, kepha kwatholakala ukuthi sasingekho isidingo salokhu.
Ngokusho kwe-ABC, ngemuva kokuhlaselwa, ithimba labatakuli lizamile ukuthola oshaka ngasogwini, kepha alitholanga mpumelelo enkulu. Ngokusho komunye wabahloli bamaphoyisa, bekunombiko wokuthi kubonakale ushaka omhlophe omkhulu kude nasogwini, kodwa akwaziwa noma ngabe yikhona yini okwenze ukuthi kuhlaselwe leli bhungu, kwazise bebengekho ofakazi balesi sigameko.
Kuze kube manje, wonke amabhishi akulesi sifunda avaliwe kuze kube kuthathwa zonke izindlela zokuphepha. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi kungekudala ngaphambi kwalokhu, uMnyango Wezimboni Ezikhishwe wamemezela ukumiswa kwephrojekthi ye-Anti-Squelch Barrier ngenxa yezinkinga eziningi zobuchwepheshe.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi omunye u-surfer wahlaselwa yi-bull shark ekwindla edlule. Ubude boshaka abomele igazi babungaba amamitha amathathu. NgoFebhuwari odlule, omunye umhlinzeki ogama lakhe linguTadashi Nakahara washona ngemuva kokuthi ushaka wamluma imilenze yomibili. Yize enikezwe usizo lokuqala, ushonele endaweni yesigameko. Mayelana nesigameko samanje, leli bhungu lehle ngemithungo embalwa.