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 CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Authorities were hunting Sunday for a 20-foot shark that tore a man in half as he snorkeled off Australia's west coast, an official said.
Geoffrey Brazier, the skipper of a pleasure cruiser, was snorkeling with two tourists when he was attacked Saturday. He died instantly off the Abrolhos Islands, about 250 miles north of the Western Australia state capital, Perth, police said. No one else was injured.
"The 26-year-old man was bitten in half by the six-meter (20-foot) animal and death seemed to be instantaneous," police Insp. George Putland said.
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