Police are looking for the body of a man attacked by a shark on the west coast of SA

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The search continues for a surfer who’s believed to have been killed by a shark on South Australia’s west coast. The 28-year-old has been identified as Lance Appleby from Port Lincoln

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00:00The search is on for the body of a 28-year-old Port Lincoln man who police believe is the

00:08victim of a fatal shark attack.

00:10He was going for a wave at Granites near Streaky Bay in the state's west coast.

00:15And yesterday afternoon, a fisher posted to social media saying he was aware of a large

00:19and aggressive shark very close to Granites.

00:22And later, just after seven last night, witnesses saw the attack.

00:26And according to police, one witness recovered his surfboard, but the surfer is yet to be

00:31found.

00:32Police say they're pretty confident that, sadly, the young surfer has been killed by

00:36the shark and are preparing a report for the coroner.

00:40Now, shark attacks in this area in South Australia generally are rare, but in the last 18 months,

00:47there's been an unprecedented spate of attacks in South Australia, including three fatal.

00:53Just over a year ago, a 55-year-old man was taken by a shark at Granites and his body

00:58was never recovered.

01:00So it means that the community, the surfing community and the people of the west coast

01:05are going to be feeling this really deeply.

01:08And also, shark mitigation technology is going to be front of mind.

01:12But for now, the search continues at Granites.

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