A desperate search is underway off the South Australian coast for a missing man believed to have been killed in a shark attack on the Eyre Peninsula on Saturday morning.
The 46-year-old was surfing in waters off Walkers Rocks Beach north of Elliston when he was reportedly attacked by a shark.
Emergency crews were called to the reef break popular with surfers in the Lake Newland Conservation Park about 10:10am.A man in his 40’s surfing off the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia on Saturday morning is believed to have been mauled by a shark. Picture: Google Maps "About 10.10am... emergency services were called to Walkers Rocks Beach, about 7kms north of Elliston, following reports that a man had been attacked by a shark," South Australia Police said in a statement. "Police, SES and local members of the community are engaged in a search to locate him. No other persons were injured."
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