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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
World
Susie Beever

World's shark attack capital where 17 people were bitten last year in bloody encounters

Florida may be famed for its weather and its beaches, but this one specific town is notorious for something much darker.

New Smyrna Beach on the US state's east coast records an average of nine shark attacks a year, based on a five-year average.

Unofficially dubbed the world's 'shark attack capital', another man was this week hospitalised with injuries after surfing close to the beach's jetty.

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