Seychelles killer shark was a Great White

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A shark's tooth found lodged in honeymooner Ian Redmond is from a Great White, the same type of predator featured in Steven Spielberg's Jaws horror film.

A report send by South African marine scientists to officials in the Seychelles says it has unmistakably ­serrated edges and a unique triangular shape, proving it belongs to the deadly predator, according to a report in the Sunday Mirror.

The fragmented tooth was removed from Ian's body by doctors and images were sent to the Natal Sharks Board.

Geremy Cliff from the Natal Sharks Board told the Sunday Mirror: "The fragment, although very small, suggests the shark may be a Great White. We really need to examine the victim because it is better to see the ­actual wounds rather than ­photographs. We are not shark hunters. We are scientists and we want to help Seychelles authorities do what is best to protect their beaches."

The Seychelles government is expected to cynically claim that the news is good for the ­isles as it means it is "not one of theirs" and may have left the area. A Great White has not been seen in the area since 1938.

The news comes as Ian's wife, Gemma, flew home to Britain, visiting the cottage the couple had been renovating for the last years.

The honeymooner was the second tourist to be killed by a shark off the island of Praslin in the last month. Ian was attacked while snorkelling off the picturesque at Anse Lazio beach.

A £2,500 bounty has been put on the shark's head by hoteliers desperate for tourists to return to the islands.

However, local fishermen fear that the shark may strike for a third time in eight days' time. A Frenchman was killed two days after a new moon and Ian was attacked two days after a full moon.

Darrel Green, the fisherman ­leading the hunt, said: 'The next high tide like that one is around August 29. That's when we expect to shark to come back and we are doing all we can to catch it.'

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