Tragedy on Woorim Beach in the Australian state of Queensland. A shark attacked a 17-year-old girl. Despite the swift reaction of witnesses and emergency services, the teenager did not survive. According to Australian media reports,

The attack was the second shark fatality in the country's waters this year, about a month after surfer Lance Appleby was killed off the Southern Australia coast, per BBC and CBS News. It was also the third attack in Queensland in less than three months, ABC News reported.

Surf Life Saving Queensland said it was an unthinkable tragedy to lose one of its members in a shark attack off Bribie Island in Queensland.

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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 Monday in a shark attack in Queensland, Australia. The 17-year-old suffered a "serious shark bite" at Woorim Beach, just north of Brisbane, while swimming approximately 100 yards from shore.

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

Charlize Zmuda, 17, was attacked by the shark while swimming in the waters off Woorim Beach at Bribie Island on Monday, Feb 3.

A teen has died in a shark attack at Woorim Beach, Queensland, marking the second fatal encounter in just over a month. Authorities have closed the beach.

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.

An Australian teenager from near Brisbane died on Monday after being bitten by a shark nearly 100 yards from the beach, according to reports.