Swimmer killed in shark attack at popular Western Australia beach
Police said search crews found no trace of the swimmer after witnesses reported blood in the water and a large shark offshore.
- On Friday morning, a swimmer went missing after a suspected shark attack about 50 meters off Sorrento Beach near Raleigh Road in Perth's northern suburbs around 10.15am.
- This incident follows a shark attack on Monday at Glenfield Beach in Geraldton, 420km north of Perth, where 56-year-old surfer Mel Ismail was mauled by a shark.
- Witnesses reported a shark up to six meters long, while Police helicopters and water police are currently searching the area as another swimmer who was with the man had to be consoled by rescuers.
- Authorities have closed Sorrento Beach to the public while three St John WA crews remain on scene under priority one conditions, with the shark siren sounding repeatedly since the attack.
- The suspected attack comes one week after Surf Life Saving WA helicopter patrols began their summer season operations, as crowds gathered on the path above the beach to observe the search.
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The man was swimming off a busy beach near Perth, in western Australia, police reported. He died on Friday of his injuries.
In a shark attack off Australia's coast a man dies. Witnesses describe drastic scenes. Several police helicopters and lifeboats were in operation.
A swimmer was killed by a shark off a beach in Perth, Australia, on Friday morning. The attack was witnessed by multiple witnesses. The man was searched for several hours and it is unclear whether police found his body before he was officially declared dead.
A man was killed by a shark while swimming at a city beach in Western Australia on Friday. Police teams searched the beach but did not find the missing man, but police are confident the swimmer died from a shark attack.
This is the third fatal shark attack in Western Australia this year.
In Australia, a man was killed in a shark attack. Only a few days ago there had been an attack with a seriously injured person on the west coast of the country.
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