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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Caroline Davies and Nicola Slawson

British man named as victim of fatal Australia shark attack

Simon Nellist holding a cat
Simon Nellist, 35, ‘loved the water’ and was an experienced diving instructor, according to friends. Photograph: Facebook/UNPIXS (Europe)

A swimmer killed in what was the first fatal shark attack off Sydney, Australia, in almost 60 years has been named locally as a British man.

Friends said Simon Nellist, 35, who was engaged to be married, “loved the water” and was an experienced diving instructor. The British expatriate, who it is understood was living in the Wolli Creek area of Sydney, was reportedly training for a charity swim.

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