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Swimmer, 65, killed in shark attack off South Africa's east coast
October 20, 2026 at 05:59 PM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 1 hour
A 65-year-old woman died after a shark attacked her while she was swimming off the Eastern Cape coast in South Africa on Tuesday.
- Janine Lochrenberg was swimming with her open water club off KuGompo City beach around 08:00 when the shark bit her thigh and upper arm.
- Fellow swimmers brought her to shore, though witnesses said she died before she was taken out of the water.
- Authorities closed Orient Beach and neighboring Eastern Beach until further notice.
- The Florida Museum's International Shark Attack File said it was the first recorded shark attack in South Africa this year.