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Australia suffers third fatal shark attack
A fatal shark attack has hit Australia for the third time in less than two months.
The latest victim was a 32-year-old American diver who was killed by a great white on a solo dive near Rottnest Island, a few miles from Perth.
Earlier this month, a 64-year-old Australian swimmer was attacked by a great white off Perth’s Cottesloe Beach, about 12 miles east of Rottnest Island.
In September, a bodyboarder was attacked at a beach south of Perth.
The attacks have given rise to fears of a single man-eating predator killing all three men, but experts said this was unlikely.
Yesterday Western Australia state Fisheries Minister Norman Moore said: “This is a unique set of circumstances, and I’m desperately … praying this is not the beginning of a new trend … and we’re going to have these on a regular basis.â€
by Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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