Cape Town surfer survives shark attack

Yet another surfer has been attacked by a Great White shark off the Cape coast. Twenty-year-old Stiaan van Zyl of Tokai near Cape Town was bitten on the right foot at the popular Uilenkraalsmond holiday resort near Gansbaai. Van Zyl was wading chest deep into the sea when a three-metre shark grabbed his foot, lifting him out of the water and shaking him like a rag. The shark suddenly let go and Stiaan managed to reach the shore where bystanders rushed to his aid. He has been admitted to the Groote Schuur Hospital where his Achilles heel tendon was stitched up in an emergency operation.