Viral images of washed-up shark on Durban beach 'fake news'
Updated | By Gcinokuhle Malinga
eThekwini Municipality says a social media post claiming that a shark had washed up on a Durban beach is fake news.
Bogus images were widely shared online on Tuesday, showing that a great white shark had washed ashore.
The city issued a notice on its Facebook page last night after a surge in online reactions to the post.
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eThekwini says there were no animal incident reports at beaches in Durban.
Instead, it appears that the photos of the shark were taken by a photographer at Outer Banks Beach in the state of North Carolina in the US.
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