Did power cut silence anti-shark alarm before British man was savaged by great white?

A power cut could have prevented a shark spotter from sounding a warning alarm just before a British swimmer was savaged by a great white off the coast of Cape Town in South Africa, it has been claimed.

A shark spotter is thought to have seen 43-year-old Michael Cohen enter the water and attempted to warn him of danger - but the siren didn't work because of a city-wide power cut, it has been reported.


According to South Africa's Daily News website, an official incident report from the City of Cape Town claimed there was an electricity failure with the power company Eskom.   Read More

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