南非东开普省海滩发生鲨鱼袭击：一名65岁游泳者死亡，两处海滩关闭
KuGompo City——南非东开普省（Eastern Cape）10月20日上午发生鲨鱼袭击事件：一名65岁女子在 KuGompo City 的 Orient Beach 与同伴一起游泳时遭鲨鱼攻击，被救上岸后当场被宣布死亡。据南非广播公司（SABC）报道，事发时间为上午8时过后不久。
一名目击者对 SABC 表示，同行者先是发现她情况异常，随后意识到她已被鲨鱼咬伤；伤情集中在两处，一处在大腿、一处在上臂，伤势严重。她被带回岸边后，救护人员确认其已死亡。东开普省警方表示，出警人员在现场发现遗体带有开放性伤口，警方已就事件立案调查（inquest），涉事鲨鱼的种类尚未确认。
事发后，Buffalo City 市政府宣布 Orient Beach 与邻近的 Eastern Beach 关闭，直至另行通知，并呼吁公众远离水域。市政府在社交媒体上称，海滩发生鲨鱼攻击并造成这一悲剧事件。
南非拥有漫长海岸线与多种鲨鱼，其中大白鲨最为知名，鲨鱼观赏与笼潜是当地旅游项目之一。致命鲨鱼袭击在全球范围内并不常见；据佛罗里达大学国际鲨鱼袭击档案（International Shark Attack File）统计，2025年全球共记录65起无端鲨鱼咬人事件，其中9起致命，南非占1起。
来源：据路透社2026年10月20日报道及南非广播公司（SABC）报道整理。
Shark Attack at Eastern Cape Beach in South Africa: 65-Year-Old Swimmer Dies, Two Beaches Closed
KuGompo City — A 65-year-old woman died on the morning of October 20 after a shark attacked her while she was swimming with a group at Orient Beach in KuGompo City, in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, public broadcaster SABC reported. The attack occurred shortly after 8 a.m.
A witness told SABC the woman indicated she was in trouble before the group realized she had been bitten; there were two severe bites, one on her thigh and one on her upper arm. She was brought back to shore, where she was declared dead on the beach. Eastern Cape police said officers who attended the scene found her body with open wounds and opened an inquest; the species of shark involved was not immediately known.
The Buffalo City Municipality announced that Orient Beach and nearby Eastern Beach had been closed until further notice and urged the public to stay out of the water. In a social media post, the municipality said a shark attack at Orient Beach had resulted in a tragic incident.
South Africa's long coastline is home to many shark species and is popularly known for great white sharks, which draw tourists for cage diving and shark-watching. Fatal attacks remain uncommon worldwide: the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File recorded 65 unprovoked shark bites globally in 2025, including nine fatalities, one of them in South Africa.
Source: Compiled from Reuters reporting of October 20, 2026, and SABC.
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图片来源：资料图：水中的鲨鱼（与本次事件无关），Sharkcrew 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0（Wikimedia Commons）
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