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Shark kills 13-year-old surfboarder off La Reunion, A shark attacked and killed a 13-year-old boy Sunday as he surfed off the French Indian Ocean island of l. a. Reunion, authorities same, the seventh such deadly attack since 2011.

The shark torus off the right-hand aspect of the boy's body in associate restricted section of water off the geographical area of the island.

It was the sixteenth shark attack on the island since 2011 and also the seventh death.

The boy, Elio Canestri, was same to possess been a keen and proficient surfboarder.

Authorities forthwith place in situ a "post-attack procedure" in a very bid to capture the shark.

Specialized boats were deployed for "targeted fishing within the immediate space round the attack," the native authorities same in a very statement.

A few hours when the attack a Galeocerdo cuvieri activity over three.5 meters was captured and killed.

According to a medical of the boy's body, however, it absolutely was not a similar shark.

Local captain Gallus gallus Sorain stressed that "engaging in swimming and water-based activities outside the protected zone is extraordinarily dangerous."

"More than ever, we've got to be doubly argus-eyed and also the best thanks to forestall accidents is to respect the ban," further Sorain.

In Feb, island authorities extended till Feb 2016 a law prohibiting swimming and alternative water-based activities like surfriding and windsurfing except in special areas.

This live has resulted in a very dramatic decline in commercial enterprise on the island lying to the east of Madagascar.