A shark has been caught and killed by fishermen this morning
off Amity Island, just two days after a local girl was found mauled by a shark
and a boy was attacked by a shark off Village Beach.
Amity Police Chief Martin Brody said today that the shark,
which was killed one mile south-southwest of Amity, is the one that claimed the
lives of Chrissie Watson, 17, and Alex Kintner, 10, two days ago.
“Of course all the beaches throughout our beautiful island
will reopen immediately,” Chief Brody said.
“Swim and have fun!”
Chief Brody also mentioned that after the shark was brought
ashore it was identified to be a nurse shark by Matt Hooper, a marine biologist
from the Woods Hole, Mass., Oceanographic Institute. Nurse sharks are “among the most brutal and
dangerous of all sharks,” Chief Brody said.
Although Chief Brody assured residents they could go back in
the water, he mentioned that there would still be shark spotters in the area.
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