The Latest: Shark study group says attacks terrifying, rare
TRURO, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on a Cape Cod shark attack (all times local):8 p.m.
An organization that studies sharks says shark encounters in which people are injured like what happened off the coast of Cape Cod are as "terrifying as they are rare."
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy says it doesn't know the details of what happened Wednesday afternoon but sharks are not known to target people and when they bite it's usually because they're checking to see if something is prey or should be avoided.
Wednesday's attack off Cape Cod was the first such attack on a human there since 2012.
The assistant harbormaster in Truro says the victim was a 61-year-old man who suffered puncture wounds.