A SURFER was bitten by shark in a horror attack just off the second largest Canary island.
The man was hovering above the waters of Fuerteventura, practising the sport of Downward Foiling when the shark attacked his board and bit him deeply in the leg.
Reporting on the attack, Spanish TV channel Antena 3 published a video showing two bloody gashes just below the man’s knee.
His wounds - described as “deep” - gave rise to panic.
No details are given about how the man fought off the shark but he was able to get back to the shore in the area of Los Molinos - a small hamlet nestled in between cliffs on the west coast of Fuerteventura popular with tourists and locals.
Sharks have been spotted before off Fuerteventura and beaches have had to be closed when jet ski patrols raised the alert.
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