Body washes up at Shelly Beach

Police are currently investigating.


Rescue personnel are currently at the beach, south of the Shelly Beach Ski-Boat Club in KwaZulu-Natal, where the body of a man has washed ashore, South Coast Herald reports.

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A source told the South Coast Herald that a holidaymaker visiting the beach with his family made the gruesome discovery. The holidaymaker initially thought it was a dead fish, but upon closer inspection saw it was a person.

He reported it to the control tower, and crew from National Sea Rescue Institute and police divers were dispatched.

Police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Zandra Wiid said there was reportedly a wound on the man’s body, but was unable to say exactly where.

The body may have been in the water for quite some time.

 

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