17-Year- Old Surfer Killed after being attacked by Shark while surfing in Western Australia

A teenage girl has been dead while surfing in Western Australia. The teenager’s mother and two siblings were also at the scene near Esperance. It is a fatal shark attack in Western Australia in a year. In 2014, a similar incident also occurred in Western Australia where surfer lost his arms in a shark attack. 

Professional fisherman, Neville Mansted, said he would not surf this place anymore he told the West Australian newspaper. The beach will be closed for at least 48 hours during authorities investigate. “Ever since 2000, enormous fatal white sharks attacks being occurred but it cannot utterly be said it was a great white shark”AFP agency quoted spokesperson Russell Adams. 

In 2014 Western Australia trailed a shark cull on seven beaches using baited traps, but it did not prove yet and stopped by the state’s environmental regulator. Till now 170 sharks had been caught but none of them were whites ones. Recently new sharks nets have been installed at some beaches in the state.

 Laetitia’ family was shocked and devastated. Family spokesman Steve Evans said that Laetitia will be missed by everyone especially friend and family. Esperance police’s Acting Senior Sergeant Ben Jeffes confirmed that victims’ father did everything to save her daughter but sadly could not able to save her.