FATAL – 23 July 2012 – Trois-Bassins, Reunion island – surfer attacked
Trois-Bassins surf spot on Reunion – the scene of a fatal shark attack on a surfer on Monday 23 July 2012.
Reports with few details say Alexandre Rassica, 22, a resident of La Reunion, died from his wounds after a shark bit through his leg while he was surfing at popular surf spot Trois-Bassins, on Reunion island.
According to media other surfers managed to bring him to shore but were unable to resuscitate him after he suffered a cardiac arrest.
He was surfing 100 metres offshore when the attack took place on Monday morning 23 July 2012.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Reuters
Transworld Surf
PIC source:
Magic Seaweed
Tags: Alexandre Rassica, fatal, Reunion, shark attack, surfer, Trois-Bassins
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25 July, 2012 at 6:24 am
Reunion, Port St Johns, Western Australia…..what’s going on in these areas? Unprecedented number of fatal attacks in these hotspots.
26 July, 2012 at 10:31 pm
nice waves ,sorry to hear about the attack..