Shark kills fisherman

A fisherman has been killed by a bull shark in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, police said, days after a boy had his leg bitten off in another shark attack.

Police and a coroner had been sent to the Belep islands, northwest of the archipelago’s main island, where the man was struck Wednesday while fishing for sea cucumbers with three other fishermen.

The incident comes after an attack Saturday in which a 10-year-old boy had his leg and part of his pelvis torn off by a 3.5-metre (11-foot) bull shark, which was killed by the authorities. The boy was attacked while swimming at a marina in Noumea, near his family’s boat. He was in a serious condition in hospital at Koutio.