Emergency responders and volunteers were searching offshore on Friday for the local man and the beach was closed to the public. Police were preparing a coroner’s report, a statement said. ????? ???????  

The beach was known to be frequented by sharks, Stokes said. She did not specify what species of shark was believed to be involved. ????????????  

“But there was just no sign of this young man, there’s just been no sign of him,” Stokes told the ABC. “From witnesses’ descriptions we’re pretty confident that sadly he’s been killed by this shark.” ?????  

A witness who saw the shark attack on Thursday evening at Granites Beach, near the coastal town of Streaky Bay, rode into the sea on a jet ski and retrieved the man’s surfboard, Senior Constable Rebecca Stokes told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. ????? ???????  

The 28-year-old was in the sea at a popular surf beach in South Australia where another man was killed by a white shark in 2023. ????????????