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Swimmer, 65, killed in shark attack off South Africa's east coast

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A South African woman has been killed in a shark attack off the country's east coast, in what is the first recorded such fatality this year.

Janine Lochrenberg was swimming off a beach in KuGompo City (formerly East London) on Tuesday morning when she was attacked.

Witnesses said the 65-year-old was bitten in two places and died before she was brought to shore.

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