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Shark kills swimmer off South Africa's Eastern Cape

Straits Times20 October 2026, 12:26 UTCSouth Africa

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 20 - A 65-year-old woman died after a shark attacked her off the coast of South Africa's Eastern Cape province on Tuesday, SABC reported.

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