Shark attack victim named as British diving instructor mauled to death on beach

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The victim of a fatal great white shark attack has been named as a British diving instructor who 'loved' the ocean. Simon Nellist, 35, had been training for an ocean swim this upcoming weekend when he was tragically attacked.Beachgoers at the Australian strip watched helplessly as the creature mauled the victim to death, The Mirror reports.

The attack at Buchan Point, Sydney, on February 16 left one onlooker 'vomiting' in fear. The victim sadly died instantly from the "catastrophic injuries", police and ambulance services confirmed.

It is the first fatal shark attack in the Australian city in six decades.“Everything that is connected to Simon is connected to the ocean,” friend Della Ross told 7NEWS.“The news hit us like a truck because he was one of the people who make this earth lighter.”Mr Nellist, who is reported to have a fiancee and family back home in the UK was soon to be married according to the Australian media outlet.He had been practicing for an ocean swimming event planned for this weekend.The event has now been cancelled out of respect to the victim.Eye witnesses who watched on in horror claimed they had seen the shark "swallow parts of his body" and yelled across the beach "someone has just been eaten".In a shocking video taken as the attack happened, people can be heard reacting as the tragedy unfolded before them.One fisherman is heard shouting: "Someone just got eaten by a shark.

Oh man! Oh no! That's insane. That's a great white shark."I just saw a four to five metre great white explode on the surface right here on a swimmer and it was like a car landing in the water."F*** man, I heard a scream and the shark was just chomping on his body and the body was in half here just off the rocks."It came back