By Matt Morrison
The shark believed to have cut short the life of Durbanville medical student Henri Murray on Saturday, was spotted in False Bay on Sunday, dragging a fishing buoy.
The shark was spotted by fishermen at Roman Rock lighthouse in Simon's Town, and at Kalk Bay harbour. According to their reports, a spear fired by Murray's friend, Piet van Niekerk, remained embedded in the shark, which has also been dragging his spear-gun and buoy along with it.
On Sunday, Murray's car keys were found in a flap pocket of a piece of wetsuit that washed up on Fish Hoek beach, National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesperson Craig Lambinon told the Cape Times.
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The shark may have been drawn to the divers by their catch Murray, 22, had been spear-fishing 150 metres offshore of Miller's Point for about an hour with Van Niekerk, 23, when, at 3.45pm, a Great White shark tried to get at him from below. He shouted to Van Niekerk, 10m away, to swim to shore, but his friend instead came to help him.
Murray managed to evade the Great White twice, but on its third attempt, the shark took him, breached and pulled him under. Van Niekerk, a few metres away, fired his speargun at the shark in the hope it would leave Murray, but to no avail.
Van Niekerk immediately swam back to shore, took off his diving gear and ran to a nearby slipway to ask for help.
Emergency services - including NSRI, Metro rescue, and Simon's Town Police and Fire services - were contacted at about 4.15pm, and arrived on the scene within 20 minutes.
The search for Murray was officially called off at 3.30pm on Sunday, though the area will continue to be monitored for the next few days, Lambinon said.
'The shark was a massive thing' A Skymed helicopter, a private catamaran and police divers searched the six-metre-deep water to find only the top half of a wetsuit, a speargun, flipper, mask, snorkel and parts of a weight belt.
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