A swimmer is dead after being attacked by a shark off a popular Western Australian beach.<\/p>\n
Emergency services attended Perth’s Sorrento Beach about 10.30am on Friday after reports a male had been bitten by a shark while swimming along the coast.<\/p>\n
Authorities searched for the swimmer from the air and sea, but he died from the attack, with his remains found in the water, WA Police said.<\/p>\n
A witness told the ABC she was alerted to the attack when she was walking along the beach and saw a pool of blood in the water.<\/p>\n
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City of Joondalup council has closed all beaches in the area, from Burns Beach in the north to Marmion in the south, as a precaution.<\/p>\n
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is investigating the incident, the second shark attack off WA’s coast in five days.<\/p>\n
In the first, a surfer\u00a0was seriously injured at Glenfield Beach, north of Geraldton in the state’s Mid West on Monday.<\/p>\n
He was taken to the nearby Geraldton Health Campus and was now in a stable condition.<\/p>\n
Surf Lifesaving WA’s helicopter shark patrols began for summer last week.<\/p>\n
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