Australia: 16-year-old girl killed by shark


The young teenager was swimming in a river when she was killed by a shark. Such an attack had not taken place since 1960.





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UA 16-year-old girl died on Saturday after being attacked by a shark while swimming in a river in Western Australia, authorities said. The girl was seriously injured by this shark of an unknown species in the Swan River, in Fremantle on the outskirts of Perth, according to a statement from the state government. She was pulled from the water and pronounced dead at the scene after attempts to revive her failed, said Paul Robinson of Fremantle Police.

“It’s still very early, what we know is that she was at the river with friends,” he said at a press conference. “They were on Jet-Skis. A pod of dolphins were seen nearby, and the girl jumped into the water to swim with the dolphins,” he continued.

First fatal attack in more than sixty years

The girl’s family, from Perth, are “totally devastated by the news” of the “very, very traumatic incident”, he added. According to experts, it is not common to find sharks in this part of the river, said Paul Robinson. The state government has urged people to exercise “more caution” in the Swan River and to respect beach closures.READ ALSO Corsica, the ultimate refuge of an “angel shark” threatened with extinction

The last fatal attack in a river in Australia dates back to 1960, when a bull shark estimated to be 3.3 meters long attacked a diver at Roseville Bridge in Sydney, according to a database maintained by the Taronga Conservation Society. In February last year, a 35-year-old British diving instructor, Simon Nellist, was devoured off Little Bay beach in Sydney, the first such attack since 1963 in the country’s biggest city.


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