Paramedics rushed to treat the teenager who was swimming off a beach in Queensland, but say she succumbed to serious injuries to her upper body.
Sydney, Australia — A shark bit and killed a 17-year-old girl swimming off an eastern Australia n island on Monday, officials said, in the country's third reported fatal attack in just over five weeks. Paramedics rushed to Woorim Beach in Queensland to treat the teenager, who had sustained serious injuries to her upper body, an ambulance service spokesperson said.
It was the second reported fatal shark attack in Australia this year after witnesses saw a shark attack a 28-year-old surfer at a beach known as Granites in the state of South Australia on January 2.South Australia has registered more shark attack incidents over the past two years than usual, with five attacks off its coast in 2023, including three that were fatal, and one at the same beach as the Jan. 2 incident.
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