Shark attacks: is it safe to go in the water?

Sydney records first fatal shark attack in almost 60 years

Great white shark
(Image credit: Alastair Pollock Photography/Getty Images)

A British expat has become the victim of the first fatal shark attack in Sydney since 1963, fuelling fears of an increase in similar incidents in waters worldwide.

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