Police will not hunt for killer shark

Australian authorities said yesterday they would not attempt to hunt down a shark believed to have killed a swimmer while the victim's family said he would not have wanted the predator to die.

Police suspect that avid diver and fisherman Brian Guest, 51, was taken by a large shark as he was snorkeling with his son near Rockingham, south of Perth on Australia's west coast, on Saturday.

Witnesses saw flashes of fins and blood in the water but nothing has been found of Guest except some shreds believed to have come from his wetsuit.