The grief-stricken father of 17-year-old Charlize Zmuda, who was killed in a shark attack on Monday, says he is "gutted" by the tragedy, but doesn't want the community to stop coming to "our beach"

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,

A teenage girl has been killed in a shark attack at a popular surfing beach off Bribie Island, north of Brisbane.

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.

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 teenage girl has been killed in a shark attack on Queensland’s Bribie Island. Paramedics from Queensland Ambulance were called to Woorim Beach about 4.45pm, local time, on Monday following reports of the attack. Police said the 17-year-old girl was swimming when the shark bit her.

Emergency services are rushing to reports of a potential shark bite near a Queensland island. Emergency services are rushing to reports of a potential shark bite near Bribie Island. Crews have been sent to Woorim Beach.

The horrifying attack unfolded in Queensland, Australia, and left the young victim with "catastrophic injuries", which she sadly did not recover from

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.

The teenage victim of a fatal shark attack north of Brisbane has been identified. 17-year-old Charlize Zmuda was attacked off the coast of Bribie Island yesterday afternoon.