Australian police have confirmed that a surfer who went missing was “taken by a shark” after search and rescue teams recovered a surfboard scarred with “bite marks” from the area of the attack. The victim – identified by Australian media as 37-year-old Steven Payne – was mauled by a shark while surfing at Wharton beach in a remote area of Western Australia,

A surfer is missing after a suspected shark attack on a beautiful, remote beach in Western Australia . According to a SharkSmart alert, reports of a shark bite incident were received around 12:17 p.m. local time involving a surfer. A surfboard was recovered, but the surfer has yet to be found.