A teenage girl died after being attacked by a penny in Queensland, Australia.
The paramedics responded to reports of “a serious incident of the shark bite” in WooRim Beach, North Brisbane, around 16:45 local time (06:45 GMT) on Monday, I wrote the ambulance service in Queensland on X.
Police confirmed that the girl suffered from life -threatening injuries and died shortly after 17:00. The Australian media reported that she was seventeen years old.
The waters around the beach are home to many sharks, but the attack took place near the beach at the place of the famous waves, which contains measures to protect from sharks.
Police confirmed that the girl was swimming in the water off the island of Prix – off the mainland, on which Wooim Beach sits – when she was attacked by the shark, the species were not identified.
The Queensland ambulance service confirmed that the victim had life -threatening injuries at the top of her body.
She was bitten on the arm about 100 meters from the beach, according to Australian media reports.
Christopher Potter arrived at the beach shortly after the attack occurred. He told ABC News: “There are a lot of swimming pools here and afternoon.
“It is known that there are a lot of sharks around Bibi, but this is near the beach, still is a shock.”
Water close to the beach is protected using drum lines – barrels installed at the sea floor that contain brohat hooks to arrest sharks that are very close.
Then the targeted species that were hunting in this are eliminated, while other species are transferred and released.
Police said they would prepare a report on Monday on the criminal investigating judge.
This is the second shark in the waters of Australia this year, after the killing of Server Lance Applebi from the southern Australia coast on January 2.
The last killer attack in the Greater Brisbane region came in 2006, when Sarah, who is 21 years old, was killed while swimming with friends.
Shark attacks in Queensland “rarely occur, and most types of sharks are not a threat to people,” according to the state government.
