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Shark attack: 'This was a rogue shark'

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A British man has been killed in a shark attack while on his honeymoon in the Seychelles. Ian Martin Redmond, was snorkelling off the island of Praslin while his new wife stayed on the beach.

Alain St. Ange, CEO Seychelles Tourism Board spoke to Breakfast News and said the shark was "foreign" to the waters of the Seychelles and said authorities have closed local beaches and called in experts from South Africa to help them track the shark.

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