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Western Australian authorities issued a rare catch-and-kill order for a great white shark following a deadly attack on a swimmer at Sorrento Beach near Perth. The incident occurred on Friday when 63-year-old Greg O'Neill was killed by the shark; his body has not been recovered, and beaches remain closed until Sunday as officials search for the predator. This is the third fatal attack in WA this year and comes amid ongoing debates about shark safety measures along Australia's coastlines.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-19,
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.
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A rare catch-and-kill order has been issued for a great white shark off the coast of Western Australia, after a man was killed while on a morning swim at a popular beach on Friday.
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His body has still not been found.
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body → find → ?
Authorities have said that beaches along the state's coast, including in the capital Perth, will remain closed until at least Sunday as the search for the shark continues.
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The incident, at Sorrento Beach in Perth's north, has reignited debate about how to keep beachgoers safe in Australia.
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The swimmer has been identified as 63-year-old Greg O'Neill, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has reported.
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"Greg loved the ocean and was known as a passionate swimmer, sports lover, dedicated worker and an all-round generous, witty guy," his family said in a statement to the broadcaster.
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family → love → broadcaster
Witness Jacqui Rapaic told the ABC that two men were swimming, but only one made it back to shore, and that she could see "a pool of blood" in the water.
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she → tell → water
Another witness told WAtoday that she saw the man being "mauled" as the shark "tossed him around like a fish".
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shark → tell → fish
Members of the public reported seeing a 2.5m-long (8ft 2in) shark at around the same time.
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Authorities in Perth's Joondalup area, where Sorrento is located, said all beaches were closed "as a precautionary measure" and would remain so until at least midday on Sunday.
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beaches → locate → Sunday
Pictures on Saturday showed the coastline being patrolled by a police boat and helicopter.
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Catch-and-kill orders are rare and controversial in Australia, where great white sharks are a protected species.
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sharks → catch → Australia
WA Fisheries Minister Jackie Jarvis said that she took the "extraordinary step" of issuing the order after the shark was spotted by water police on Saturday morning, and "positively identified as the shark involved in the incident".
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shark → say → incident
The minister said she authorised fisheries officers to "destroy the shark" if it could be captured because of the "exceptional circumstances" of the attack and the "hazard posed by the shark".
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It is believed to be the first time in 10 years that such an order had been issued in WA, Jarvis added, emphasising that the order was not a widespread cull as the state has seen in the past.
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The minister also said that the use of drones and tagging would be increased to help protect beachgoers.
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Catching and killing sharks has a long and controversial history in Western Australia - there were months of huge protests in 2014 when the state government authorised a cull after a spate of attacks.
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government → catch → attacks
The incident in Sorrento is the second in WA this week - on Monday a 56-year-old man was bitten while surfing off the coast of Geraldton, 430km (270 miles) north of Perth.
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man → bite → Perth
He survived but lost part of his leg, another surfer who rescued him told the ABC.
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who → survive → ABC
A 12-year-old boy died after he was bitten in Sydney Harbour in January, and three divers were fatally mauled in separate incidents between May and June - two in Western Australia and the third in Queensland.
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divers → die → Queensland
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