16-year-old girl dies in wild shark attack

Stella Berry, 16, who died on Saturday after being attacked by a shark in the Swan River in Western Australia, Australia, has been confirmed to be in grade 11 at Shenton College.

The school sent an email to parents Sunday morning, offering condolences to Stella’s family.

The girl who was attacked by a shark was reportedly pulled from the river near the Fremantle Traffic Bridge in south Perth after 3:30pm on Saturday and suffered serious leg injuries. Paramedics rushed to the riverbank, but were unable to save the girl’s life.

Police confirmed that the girl died at the scene shortly before 6:00 p.m. Although it was learned that the young woman was riding a jet ski with her friends, the police said that they saw a herd of dolphins and that Stella’s He thinks he jumped into the water to swim with the dolphins.

THEY TRIED TO SAVE BUT…

Earlier, a witness told The West Australian that the teenager was swinging a rope across a traffic bridge with friends.

“The girl jumped off the rope swing and then a bull shark pulled her down and then her boyfriend tried to help her,” one boy told the newspaper. And she died on the beach. saying.

The young woman, who was attacked by a bull shark after jumping into the sea, tried to save her boyfriend, but failed.

Western Australian Fisheries Minister Don Punch expressed his condolences to the girl’s family. “I am extremely sorry for what happened and cannot imagine what the victim’s family and friends went through,” he said in a statement.