A shark attacked and killed a 16-year-old Jamaican highschool scholar whose physique was present in waters simply north of the island, authorities mentioned.
Police recognized the sufferer as Jahmari Reid from the northern parish of Trelawny, positioned simply east of the favored vacationer city of Montego Bay.
The teenager apparently went spearfishing alone early Monday, with fishermen discovering his physique the next day with accidents in line with a shark assault, police mentioned in a report late Tuesday.
Since 1749, solely three unprovoked shark assaults have been reported in Jamaica, based on the Worldwide Shark Assault File, which is run by the Florida Museum of Pure Historical past and the American Elasmobranch Society.
Shark assaults are uncommon, with a complete of 69 confirmed unprovoked assaults worldwide and 14 fatalities reported final 12 months, based on the file. The report famous {that a} “disproportionate” quantity of individuals died from shark bites in Australia final 12 months compared with different international locations, and Australia accounted for about 22% of the world’s unprovoked shark assaults in 2023.Â
In July, a surfer misplaced his leg after a terrific white shark attacked him in Australia.
The month earlier than that, surfer Tamayo Perry died after sustaining deadly accidents in a shark assault off the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
In January, a younger fisherman diving for scallops was killed by a shark off the Pacific coast of Mexico.