Former European bodyboarding champion and surf camp manager Matthieu Schiller, 32, died after being attacked by a shark near Réunion Island’s Boucan Canot beach on Monday, September 19, 2011, according to a story in the Daily Mail.
One of the surfers, Kamel said: ‘I was waiting for a wave with my feet in the water. We saw the shark and the next thing I knew was that he screamed and raised his arm. . . ‘We then saw a cloud of red blood in the water where he had been,’ he said.
Fellow surfers were at first able to get to Schiller and began moving him to shore when he ended up in the water again. Schiller’s body disappeared beneath the waves and has not yet been recovered. This is reportedly the fourth attack and second death on Réunion Island this year. Our thoughts are with Schillers family and the 1,000 people who gathered at the beach yesterday to celebrate his life.
[Link: Daily Mail and ImazPress]
