23 h. ago Surfers return to the water a week after northern beaches shark attack

Friends and family of Mercury Psillakis, 57, gathered at Dee Why beach on Saturday.

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50 h. ago I surfed the same breaks as Mercury. I hate to see politics trawl this tragedy

Mercury Psillakis died after being bitten by a shark last weekend. Sadly, politics soon intervened, even while the family and community grieved.

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7 d. ago Minns pauses shark net trial as Dee Why locals mourn ‘hero’ surfer killed in horror attack

Northern beaches residents are grieving the death of surfer Mercury “Merc” Psillakis who died after trying to save his mates from a shark.

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7 d. ago ‘Don’t bite me’: Surfer Mercury Psillakis killed in shark attack on Sydney’s northern beaches

An eyewitness has told how he heard a surfer screaming as a huge shark swam towards him.

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7 d. ago Surfer Mercury Psillakis killed in shark attack on Sydney’s northern beaches

Mercury Psillakis was surfing with friends when he was bitten by a shark about 10am.

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8 d. ago ‘Terrible’ tragedy: Dad dies in shark attack on northern beaches

The husband and father was bitten by the shark about 10am, the day before Father’s Day.

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8 d. ago ‘Terrible tragedy’: Man dies in shark attack on northern beaches

Police said the man was bitten by “what is believed to have been a large shark” at Long Reef Beach.

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