Jerusalem (AP) – A man in Israel died after being attacked by a shark, the victim’s police and the wife said on Wednesday, after having bathed in an area that attracts dozens of marine predators and also curious beachs.
After A two -day searchPolice said that leftover that had been found on the site of the attack on the country’s Mediterranean coast corresponded to those of man. The Israeli media identified him as Barak Tzach, a man in his forties and a father of four children.
A thrill of saber -up sharks and endangered sand banks swimming near the region for yearsAttract spectators who approach sharks and draw conservation groups pleadings so that the authorities separate people from the wild animal.
In recent days, the waters have attracted large crowds that have been seen swimming with the sharks. Some fired on the tail and threw them with food. The authorities condemned the behavior and expressed warnings not to approach the sharks. Swimming is prohibited at the beach, but bathers enter the water anyway.
In an article on Facebook, a woman identified by Israeli media like Tzach’s wife, said he had entered the waters with apnea diving equipment and an underwater camera. It was not his first swimming in this part of the sea, she said.
“Barak entered the water to dive and document the sharks, not to feed them or play with them,” wrote Sarit Tzach. She said that a fisherman who was with her husband said he had not touched them or did not feed them.
When the Sharks approached too closely, she said, he used the stick holding his camera to “distribute them gently”. The fisherman then recalled Tzach on the shore and returning slowly, he was attacked, wrote Sarit Tzach.
It was only the third attack on sharks recorded in Israel, according to Yigael Ben-Ari, head of the marine rangers of the authority of nature Israel and parks. One person was killed in an attack in the 1940s, he said.
The police and rescue teams organized a two -day search after the attack and said they were continuing to seek remains. The Israeli authorities closed the beach and the neighbors also after the attack.
The Israelis flocked to large numbers to the beach during a week’s vacation, sharing waters with a dozen or more sharks.
Dark sharks can reach 4 meters (13 feet) long and weigh around 350 kilograms (750 pounds). The sand bench sharks are smaller, reaching approximately 2.5 meters (8 feet) and 100 kilograms (220 pounds).
A video shared by the Israeli media has shown a shark swim to bathers in the deep water of the thighs.
“What a huge shark!” The turning man exclaims, while the shark approaches him. “Whoa! He comes to us!”
“Don’t move!” He implores a standing boy nearby, who replies: “I’m leaving.”
The man then asks: “What, are you afraid of sharks?”
