A teenage girl has died on a popular Queensland beach after she was mauled by a shark while enjoying an afternoon swim north of Brisbane. The girl, aged 17, reportedly received catastrophic injuries to her upper body during the attack at Woorim Beach, Bribie Island.

The 17-year-old was attacked around 100m from shore of Woormin Beach, Australian media reports.

The shark attack took place nearly 100 meters from the shoreline, near a surfing spot, which has measures to protect swimmers from sharks. The teen girl was swimming off the mainland of Bribie Island. Witnesses expressed shock, noting that while sharks are common in the area, attacks near the shore are rare.

A shark bit and killed a 17-year-old girl swimming off an eastern Australian 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,

A popular beach north of Brisbane has been closed after a teenage girl was attacked by a shark whilst swimming.

A 17-year-old girl reportedly succumbed to death after being attacked by a shark at Woorim Beach at Bribie Island, north of Brisbane.

A teenage girl was killed while swimming off the Australian coast after a shark attack.According to BBC, a 17-year-old girl died after being attacked by the shark while swimming in Queensland on Monday,

Emergency services were called to Woorim Beach on Bribie Island at about 4.45pm on Monday following reports of a 'serious shark bite incident'

A 17-year-old girl has died after being bitten by a shark off Bribie Island, just north of Brisbane, on Monday afternoon. The Queensland Ambulance Service sent crews to Rickman Parade at Woorim Beach at 4.45pm. In a social media post, the QAS described it as a “serious shark bite incident”.

A 17-year-old girl was killed by a shark at a popular tourist beach in Australia on Monday — marking the third fatal shark attack Down Under in less than six weeks. The Queensland Ambulance Services responded to a “serious shark bite incident” involving the unidentified teen girl at the popular Woorim Beach north of Brisbane around 4:45 p.

A teenage girl has died following a shark attack in Australia. The incident occurred at Woorim Beach on Bribie Island, about an hour north drive from Brisbane on Queensland’s coastline. The attack occurred on Monday,