{"id":917724,"date":"2022-01-19T17:12:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T17:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/19\/cops-say-teens-body-retrieved-from-blythedale-beach-waters-had-shark-bites\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T17:12:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T17:12:43","slug":"cops-say-teens-body-retrieved-from-blythedale-beach-waters-had-shark-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/19\/cops-say-teens-body-retrieved-from-blythedale-beach-waters-had-shark-bites\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops say teen\u2019s body retrieved from Blythedale Beach waters had shark bites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/3b732ace-8382-5d42-a3f5-8e1b43fbf57c&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=51x0&#038;resize=736x414.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div><!--sse--><\/p>\n<p>Durban &#8211; Police have revealed that the teen&#8217;s body, pulled from the waters off Blythedale Beach on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast earlier this week, had shark bites.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, SAPS said Durban SAPS Search and Rescue divers, along with Umhlali SAPS K9 Search and Rescue, KwaDukuza lifeguards and IPSS Medical Rescue continued their search for the drowning victim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;The shark-bitten body of a 19-year-old male was recovered from the shore-break. An inquest docket has been opened,&#8221; SAPS said. <\/p>\n<p>IPSS Medical Rescue spokesperson, Paul Herbst, said the teenager had entered the sea with friends, after lifeguards had gone off duty. He reportedly got into difficultly before disappearing from sight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">#sapsKZN Durban #SAR divers along with Umhlali #K9SAR, KwaDukuza Lifeguards &amp; IPSS Medical Rescue today returned to Blythedale beach to continue search for a drowning victim. The shark-bitten body of a 19yr-old male was recovered from the shorebreak. Inquest docket opened ME pic.twitter.com\/pmQR1lEWKJ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SA Police Service \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 (@SAPoliceService) January 17, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedArticlescss__StyledRelatedArticles-sc-10g88yu-0 ezIKFV\">\n<h2><span>MORE ON THIS<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Meanwhile, police are still searching for a 11-year-old, presumed to have drowned at Mfafazane beach in Hibberdene on the KZN south coast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">#sapsKZN Port Shepstone #SAPS #SAR &amp; #K9SAR resumed search efforts at Mfafazane beach, Hibberdene for the 11yr-old boy presumed drowned on 17\/01. #K9&#8217;s Bear &amp; Ferie searched the shore with no success. Search efforts will continue today. #WaterSafety ME pic.twitter.com\/G3CobQKVoL<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SA Police Service \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 (@SAPoliceService) January 19, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bathers are once again urged to only swim at beaches where there are lifeguards. They are also reminded to swim during hours when lifeguards are on duty. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durban &#8211; Police have revealed that the teen&#8217;s body, pulled from the waters off Blythedale Beach on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast earlier this week, had shark bites. In a tweet, SAPS said Durban SAPS Search and Rescue divers, along with Umhlali SAPS K9 Search and Rescue, KwaDukuza lifeguards and IPSS Medical Rescue continued their search [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-917724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}