World IN BRIEF : HONG KONG : Swimmers on Alert After Sharks Kill 2

After two fatal shark attacks, Hong Kong warned swimmers to stay on shore and sent out boats and helicopters to search the coastal waters of the South China Sea. Newspapers published gruesome pictures of the mauled body of a 29-year-old man being dragged out of the water Friday in the northern Sai Kung district. On Thursday, the body of 44-year-old teacher Tso Kam-sun, who swam for Hong Kong at the 1970 Asian Games, was found off a beach in Sai Kung. Police said his right leg was bitten off. At Repulse Bay, the island’s best known beach, and Deep Water Bay, crowds were visibly thinner than usual despite sunshine and cool sea breezes. An official at Repulse Bay’s beach management office said, “We had over 100,000 people here yesterday. Today it’s around 10,000-odd.”