A 61-year-old surfer was mauled by a shark as swimmers were banned from the water due to fears the beast would strike again

A SURFER was mauled to death by a shark off the coast of Maui, Hawaii, in a terrifying attack.

The 61-year-old man, identified as Kenji, was surfing near Waiehu Beach Park on Friday morning when he was bitten by a shark.

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His right leg was completely severed just below the knee, a Maui County press release said.

Police officers who arrived at the scene initially tried to stop the bleeding with tourniquets.

Kenji, a local resident of the area who regularly visited the beach for surfing, said he did not see the shark approach while he was being treated.

He was then taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center in critical condition.

This was told by David Bask, who witnessed the terrible incident Hawaii News Now: “I heard this scream and I looked and all of a sudden I just (saw) him splashing and I don’t know what’s going on.

“He swam back maybe more than half way and then I (saw) somebody jump and they went (to) bring him in.”

The authorities were forced to close the beach park after the attack. All people were warned to stay away from the water in the area.

Maui Fire and Ocean officials were seen patrolling the waters with rescue boats and a drone.

State officials posted shark warning signs and helped fence off the area.

No details have been released about which shark it is.
In June, famous surfer Tamayo Perry died in a shark attack while surfing off the North Shore of Oahu.

This occurs after a An American tourist was eaten by a shark after being swept away by a strong current while on a dream diving holiday in Indonesia.

The body of 68-year-old American Colleen Montfort from South Dakota was found in the stomach of a shark by horrified fishermen.

The woman was on a boat trip with six friends around the island of Pulau Reong when the tragedy happened on September 26.

She was swept away by the strong current with her desperate group and the guide was unable to pull her back to the boat.

Rescue teams searched for eight days before finally giving up on October 3 due to dangerous sea conditions and little chance of finding the tourist.

Unfortunately, a fisherman in the neighboring country of East Timor found human remains in the belly of a shark.

Meanwhile, they got into horror movies the terrifying moment a diver came face-to-face with a great white shark which circled around him for five painful minutes.

Tim Ryan has shared stunning footage of his encounter with the huge 13ft beast while his partner was in a cave looking for crayfish.

It’s like a group of vengeful locals tracked down and beat up a mega shark after it mauled a tourist.

Brutal shark hunters inflicted multiple blows on the beast’s head after the tourist was left with gaping wounds to his torso and right leg during the brutal attack.

A 38-year-old man was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment while authorities closed the beach in the resort town of Tela in Honduras, Central America.

After the attack, several local residents went out to sea in search of a possible predator.

The footage shows the hunters dangling the bait in the water before hooking the shark they believe is responsible for the mauling.

They then brutally reel the animal alongside their boat, before horribly attacking the shark.

The footage shows how a cruel local resident hits the shark on the head several times when it is hooked and helpless.

The predator tries to swim away, and the man holds it near the boat and continues to beat it on the head.

It is not known if the fishermen killed the shark.