from Surfer Today

New Zealand surfers shot at while riding waves

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A man, his 14-year-old son, and a 25-year-old friend were greeted by gunshots while surfing near Taharoa, in New Zealand.

The group was sitting out in the lineup waiting for the waves near the entrance of the Kawhia Harbour, north of Albatross Point, when they heard three shots fired.

Initially, they thought someone had fired at a pig or a goat in the surroundings, but then they hear a second shot that was closer and a third one that landed a couple of meters from the teenager.

“It is extremely dangerous and if you put yourself in the 14-year-old boy’s shoes, extremely frightening,” said Andy Connors, sergeant of the Otorohanga police.

“You’d be fearing the worst and petrified what’s going to happen in the next few minutes.”

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