Shark attack on boy, 8, was 'like a scene out of Jaws'

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Shark attack on boy, 8, was 'like a scene out of Jaws'
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The boy, from Kettering, had to be pulled to safety by his sister after he was attacked

An eight-year-old boy from Kettering was the victim of a shark attack while on holiday in the Bahamas. His father has described the attack as “like a scene out of Jaws”.

Finley had to be taken to a local health clinic on a golf buggy before undergoing a three-hour operation in the capital Nassau. Finley’s father, Michael Downer, 44, told The Sun his son “could have been killed” in the attack, adding: “It was like a scene out of Jaws”.Mr Downer, who had taken his children Finley, 8, Lily, 9, and Emily, 12, on a luxury holiday, said the family had been part way through their five-island tour when the attack took place at Compass Cay.

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