A teenager has been decapitated by a shark after going swimming off the coast of Jamaica.
According to reports, Jahmari Reid’s body was found headless and with her left arm bitten off.
According to local police, the 16-year-old went spearfishing on Monday near the popular tourist resort of Montego Bay.
The high school student disappeared after entering the water on his own. His body was found Tuesday.
His father, Michael Reid, was heartbroken on the beach when divers brought his son’s remains to shore.
Jahmari Reid, 16, had gone spearfishing near the popular tourist spot of Montego Bay
The high school student is pictured with his father, taxi driver Michael Reid
Locals from the town of Falmouth gathered on the beach as the body was recovered
I can’t believe he went to the sea alone yesterday [Monday] and that was the outcome. Sad to know. I feel so bad,’ he told Jamaican media.
The taxi driver said that he had often tried to discourage his son from his underwater fishing hobby and that they often argued about his excursion.
Photos from the scene show dozens of shocked residents gathering on the beach in the town of Falmouth on the island’s north coast.
