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There were 69 unprovoked shark bites in 2023, most in the US, Australia and South Africa, 10 of which were fatal, according to statistics.

Just four months earlier, he’d tweeted, “Given unprovoked attacks by leading Democrats against me & a very cold shoulder to Tesla & SpaceX, I intend to vote Republican in November.”

The North America-based activist group Sikhs for Justice, meanwhile, described the incident as an "unprovoked violent attack on peaceful pro-Khalistan demonstrators".

Stacey Smith waited outside her boss's home in Tameside before the unprovoked attack on the morning of 11 November 2023.

After the sentencing, Det Insp Dave Egan, senior investigating officer for Devon and Cornwall Police, said it had been an "unprovoked attack" which would have a "lasting impact" on the victims, their families and the whole school community.