Shark kills teen girl swimming off Australia coast in country’s third fatal attack in less than 6 weeks
Sydney, Australia Officials said that on Monday, a shark killed a 17 -year -old girl swimming on an island in eastern Australia. The country reported a fatal attack for the third time in just five weeks. A spokesman for ambulance service said that medical staff rushed to Woorim Beach in Queensland to treat the teenager, and the latter was seriously injured to her upper body.
Police said she was bitten by a shark during the afternoon and was a popular surfing point on the bribery island of about 30 miles north of the state’s capital Brisbane.
A spokesman for Queensland Police said that about 15 minutes later, the girl “suffered harm to life and succumbed to these injuries.” Police said they would prepare the report for the cause of death.
This is a reporter this year, witnesses saw a Shark attacked a 28 -year -old surfer On January 2nd, it was called granite beach in South Australia.
In the past two years, the shark attacks in South Australia have a larger number than usual. In 2023, five attacks on its coasts, three of which were fatal attacks, of which one of the incidents on January 2 was the same as January 2nd. beach.
A few days before that, on December 28, a shark bite a 40 -year -old pastor on his neck because he snatched on the beach in Keppel Bay Island in Queensland, snatched away A shark, the shark is located on the Great Emborment.
In the latest attack, a local resident told the courier headquarters in Brisbane that the police hit the water to help the girl, but could not save her.
Witnesses John Wadey said: “There are sharks witnesses every day.” “People said nothing. This is common.”
According to data from the national database, Australia has carried out more than 1,200 shark attacks since 1791, of which more than 250 were fatal.
The most serious bites come from White Shark, Bull Shark and Tiger Shark.