Surfing returns to Reunion after spate of deadly shark attacks

Saint-Gilles-les Bains (France) (AFP) - Surfing returned to the French island of Reunion this weekend after years in which a series of deadly shark attacks had triggered an official ban and kept surfers away from their beloved waves. The Indian Ocean island saw a spate of 18 shark attacks between 2011 and 2015 -- seven of them fatal -- with surfers and body-boarders making up more than half the victims. The number of licenced surfers fell from 1,200 to 400.