Shark bite kills Austrian tourist
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From Times Wire Reports
An Austrian tourist died after being bitten by a shark while diving near the Bahamas in waters that had been baited with bloody fish parts to attract the predators.
Markus Groh, 49, a Vienna lawyer and diving enthusiast, was on a commercial dive trip when he was bitten about 50 miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.
Groh was airlifted to a hospital where he died.
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