Man, 57, dies after shark attack

A 57-year-old man has died after a shark attack off an island in New Caledonia yesterday, officials said. The amateur yachtsman was swimming near his moored boat off Maitre islet in the French Pacific territory when the incident happened, according to an initial inquiry. “According to witnesses the man was bitten on the leg by a 4m-long shark” and died before the arrival of a rescue helicopter, a civil official said. The man was believed to have died from a heart attack after the incident.