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

The parents of a teenage girl fatally bitten by a shark off a popular beach at Bribie Island have paid an emotional tribute to their “shining light”, as onlookers told of their shock when the horror incident unfolded.

Charlize Zmuda, who died after being attacked by a shark in Australia, had only just attended her school formal. The mother of a teenager killed in a shark attack at a popular surfing beach off Bribie Island,

Tributes are flowing for a 17-year-old girl who died after a shark attack being bitten by a shark off Bribie Island, north of Brisbane, late yesterday.

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

Paramedics rushed to treat the teenager who was swimming off a beach in Queensland, but say she succumbed to serious injuries to her upper body.

A teenage girl was fatally injured while swimming near Bribie Island on Monday, Feb. 3, according to reports A teenage girl has reportedly died following a shark attack at a popular tourist beach in Australia.

A teenage girl has died after being bitten by a shark off Bribie Island, north of Brisbane. Emergency services were called to Woorim Beach on Bribie Island on Monday at about 4:45pm. It is understood the 17-year-old had been swimming about 100 metres from the shore when she was attacked and bitten on the arm and body in front of horrified onlookers.

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,