'Large shark' kills man off Sydney beach


- Illustrative photo: ScreenWest/AAP

SYDNEY: A "large shark" mauled a surfer to death at a popular Sydney beach on Saturday (Sept 6), Australian police and rescuers said, in a rare fatal attack that led to a string of beach closures.

The 57-year-old local man had gone surfing with five or six friends in the Pacific waters off northern Sydney's adjoining Long Reef and Dee Why beaches, authorities said.

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