An eight-year-old British boy has been attacked by a shark while on holiday in the Bahamas, in what his father described as "like a scene out of Jaws". Finley Downer had to be pulled to safety by his sister after he was attacked by around three nurse sharks while swimming in a lagoon last week.
He suffered flesh wounds after being bitten on both legs and had to be taken to a local health clinic on a golf buggy before undergoing a three-hour operation in the capital Nassau. The Press Association reported that Finley's father, Michael Downer, 44, told The Sun his son "could have been killed" in the attack, adding: "It was like a scene out of Jaws."
Mr Downer, who had taken his children Finley, eight, Lily, nine, and Emily, 12, on a luxury holiday, said the family had been part way through their five-island tour when the attack took place at Compass Cay. He said the children had decided to join a crowd of people in a lagoon, in which nurse sharks were swimming.
