A shark of one tonne in weight was caught on February 4, near the beach where ten people were recently attacked in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh.

The fisherman is from Song Cau district in the neighboring province of Phu Yen. The shark is 5m long and the fisherman says it is the largest shark he has ever caught .

He has already been offered over 30 million dong (over $1,500) to buy its fins but the fisherman, named Dang, hasn’t agreed a deal. Until then the shark will remain kept fresh in sea water.

Experts from the Nha Trang Institute for Oceanography met the fisherman, but in order to test to define the species and find out whether it is responsible for recent attacks, the institute would have to pay Dang 40 million dong.

The institute’s representative said that they hoped the shark could be displayed at the Nha Trang Institute for Oceanography following research.

In mid-January, a number of people were hospitalized with serious injuries. The Nha Trang Institute for Oceanography confirmed that these injuries caused by a shark but they couldn’t specify the species.

Quy Nhon authorities offered a prize of 10 million dong in cash for anybody who catches the share and set up a team of shark hunters. This is the first shark netted since that day.

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