Shark kills swimmer off Western Australian city beach
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Key Points:
- A man was killed in a shark attack while swimming off Sorrento Beach in Perth's northern suburbs, Western Australia, with search efforts failing to locate the victim's body.
- Witnesses reported seeing a significant amount of blood in the water, prompting authorities to close the beach to swimmers.
- This incident follows a recent serious shark attack on a surfer near Geraldton, about 400 kilometers north of Perth.
- Australia has experienced five fatal shark attacks so far this year, including three spearfishing divers killed in May and June, and a 12-year-old boy who died after a bull shark attack in Sydney Harbor in January.
- Since 2000, Australia averages two to three fatal shark attacks annually, according to the Australian Shark Incident Database.
