Police said "a 63-year-old male resident of the USA was spearfishing when he was attacked by a shark, sustaining severe injuries."

A shark attacked a 63-year-old American man in the Bahamas over the weekend, police said. The Royal Bahamas Police Force reported that emergency crews responded Sunday afternoon to a call about the attack. When they arrived, they found the man — who had apparently been spearfishing — with severe injuries.