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British boy, 8, attacked by three sharks on holiday in Bahamas “like scene from Jaws”

The nurse sharks were being fed at the time

Newsroom August 9 11:02

An eight-year-old British boy was ravaged by three sharks while on holiday in the Bahamas in an attack that “was like a scene out of Jaws”.

Finley Downer, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, had to be dragged out of the water by his sister Lilly and rushed to hospital with deep cuts to his legs.

His family had been on a five island tour package, which included guided swimming with iguanas, pigs and nurse sharks at Compass Cay.

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His father Michael, 44, told The Sun: “My son could have been killed. It was like a scene out of Jaws.” He said that he and his family had seen sharks swimming among a crowd of people in a lagoon.

His children, Finley, 8, Lily, 9, and Emily, 12, decided to get in and play with the animals, unaware that the nurse sharks were being fed at the time.

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