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.

A female swimmer has died in a shark attack in the waters off a popular tourist spot on Australia’s east coast, authorities said.

A tragedy occurred on Woorim Beach in the Australian state of Queensland when a shark attacked a 17-year-old girl. Despite the rapid response from witnesses and emergency services, the teenager did not survive.