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A 16-year-old woman was killed by a shark when she jumped into the water to swim with a pod of dolphins in Perth, Australia.
Native experiences say the teenager was jet-skiing with mates on the Swan River on Saturday afternoon.
Eyewitnesses additionally informedThe West Australian that a heroic man jumped into the river to attempt to save the teenager.
Appearing Fremantle District Inspector Paul Robinson informed WA At present that it was the primary deadly shark mauling on the river in a century.
“It’s a particularly traumatic occasion for everybody concerned and everybody who knew the younger woman, so I gained’t be going into the extent of the accidents,” he stated.
Robinson stated the woman’s household weren't current on the time and had been “completely devastated by the information”.
“Nonetheless her mates had been and as you may think about that is a particularly traumatic incident for anybody to witness so clearly, we’re providing counseling providers to anybody who did witness it or is affected by the incident,” he stated.
The one confirmed deadly assault within the Swan River occurred on January 31, 1923, when 13-year-old Charles Robinson was killed after he was attacked whereas swimming near the shore.
Nonetheless, Perth man Cameron Wrathall was bitten on the leg on Jan. 14, 2021 within the Swan River at Bicton’s Blackwall Attain, making him the primary individual to be attacked by a shark within the river since 1968.