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A man in his sixties was fatally attacked by a shark while swimming off Sorrento Beach near Perth, Western Australia, on Friday morning. Beachgoers witnessed the attack and reported seeing blood in the water; authorities closed the beach to swimmers afterward. This incident is one of several shark attacks this year in Australia, with at least five fatal incidents recorded so far in 2026.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-18,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Friday, around 10:15am local time, emergency services responded to reports of a suspected shark attack at Sorrento Beach north of Perth. Three ambulance crews and police were dispatched to the scene after a witness reported seeing blood in the water and a large shark in the vicinity. A male swimmer was reportedly bitten by a shark while swimming about 50 meters off the beach; he has not been seen since, raising concerns that he may have succumbed to his injuries. Witnesses described seeing significant amounts of blood in the water and said multiple shark patrols had been initiated for the summer season just days earlier. The popular beach was subsequently closed to swimmers as authorities conducted a search without success. This incident follows another fatal shark attack near Geraldton about 400 kilometers north of Perth earlier in the week, highlighting increased risks for swimmers along Western Australia's coast.
Written for “Shark Attack Off Perth Beach” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 24 other(s) covering the same event.
A man was killed by a shark as he swam off a Western Australian city beach Friday while beachgoers watched in horror.
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Boats and helicopters searched the ocean off Sorrento Beach in Perth's northern suburbs after the late-morning attack, a police statement said.
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Police would not say whether potential remains had been found.
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But police were confident the "swimmer died as a result of the attack," the statement said.
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statement → die → attack
A witness to the attack, identified only as Darrel, told Nine Network television that the victim had been swimming with a now traumatized friend.
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"I was just shocked.
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I mean, I feel for his mate.
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He's apologized and said 'I didn't save my mate,'" Darrel told Nine.
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"I said 'You couldn't have done anything,'" Darrel added.
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Witness Ingrid Mitchell, who swims at the beach daily, said to Nine: "How do you just watch someone be mauled to pieces in front of you, basically?
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Witnesses reported seeing blood in the water.
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My friend said, 'Jac, I think there's been a shark attack,' and I looked out to the ocean and I could see a pool of blood," beach walker Jacqui Rapaic told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
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Local Ryan Rowe told The West Australian newspaper that he reached the beach soon afterward and was told by an onlooker "someone had been bitten by a shark."
"I couldn't believe there was that much blood (that had) come out of a human body," Rowe said.
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Authorities closed the beach to swimmers.
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Witnesses described the swimmer as a man in his 60s but police did not identify him further.
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after he was bitten by a shark while swimming in Sydney Harbour in January.
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The attack that killed the boy was one of , which prompted officials to close dozens of the city's beaches.
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The woman — a schoolteacher — last month recalled swinging a "left hook" at the predator before it dragged her underwater.
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Australia has averaged between two and three fatal shark attacks a year since 2000, according to the Australian Shark Incident Database, a partnership including Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Flinders University and the New South Wales state government.
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The International Shark Attack File, a database of global shark attacks maintained by the University of Florida, has recorded more than 1,280 shark incidents around Australia since 1791, including more than 250 fatal incidents.
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Such incidents have become more common as the population has grown and activities such as surfing and scuba diving have gained popularity.
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