SYDNEY: A 16-year-old girl died on Saturday (Feb 4) after being mauled by a shark in a river in Western Australia's state capital Perth after she jumped in the water to swim with a pod of dolphins. Police said they were called to the scene of the attack at about on 3.45pm Saturday near a traffic bridge in
SYDNEY: A 16-year-old girl died on Saturday after being mauled by a shark in a river in Western Australia's state capital Perth after she jumped in the water to swim with a pod of dolphins.
The girl was pulled from the water with critical injuries and she died at the scene, police said in a statement. Authorities were not sure what kind of shark attacked the girl, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported. The last fatal shark attack in Western Australian waters was in November 2021 when a 57-year-old man was killed by a great white shark at Perth's Port Beach.More than 100 species of shark live in the waters of Western Australia - the nation's largest state, with bull sharks often found many kilometres upriver.
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