Terrifying footage shows the moment a group of swimmers fought off a shark with a mop as it circled around them. The video, captured by onlookers and shared on social media, shows the large fish making its way towards a beach full of children.
Locals and tourists seem to be standing in shallow waters as the shark swims around them on the Marmaris coast, southwest Turkey. Beachgoers can be seem watching in horror as others dive into the water to fend off the beast.
To their rescue, one brave citizen heads towards the shark and bizarrely starts hitting it on the head with a floor mop, the Mirror reports.
To their rescue, one citizen approaches the shark and bizarrely starts hitting it on the head with a floor mop.
He bonks it on the head a few times, as the gentleman filming can be heard laughing. After a few hits, the shark seems to swim off towards the other direction - away from the crowd - as the swimmers stay put to make sure it is leaving.
The clip continues to run for several more seconds after the hit, as the shark's fin and tail are captured in the footage. The Mediterranean sea is thought to be home for 47 shark species including the blue shark, great hammerhead and Great white shark.
However, despite the Great White being the most dangerous one, they are rarely seen. The footage comes after two women were killed this week during separate attacks at a popular Egyptian tourist beach.
Elisabeth Sauer, from Austria, was seen walking in shallow water while using a snorkel with fins not far from the beach when she was mauled by the beast. And just 650ft away, another woman was killed hours earlier.
Although her identity has not been revealed, she is believed to have been a Romanian tourist who was staying at the adults only five star hotel, Premiere Le Reve. According to witnesses on the scene, her lifeless body was pulled out of the sea after being located on a reef.
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