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A 15-year-old boy was killed in a shark attack in waters off Australia's southern coast, police have confirmed.
South Australia Police said the body was pulled from the water after the attack near Ethel Beach in Innes National Park on the Yorke Peninsula. The area is a popular spot for surfing.
Yorke Mid North police, detectives and crime scene investigators attended the scene. Police said a coroner's report was underway.
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The teenager may have swum between 100 and 130 feet from shore, Marty Goody, a local resident who has surfed in the area for decades, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
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FILE – A Great White Shark. A teenager was killed by a shark off Australia's southern coast. (Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
“It's the most open part to the open ocean…that's the main area that gets the swell,” Goody said.
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The attack follows the death of a 46-year-old who was mauled by a shark at Walkers Rocks Beach on the Eyre Peninsula in May.
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The attack came after a 55-year-old Australian was killed by a shark in late October. The man was surfing near Granites Beach, south of Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, at around 10.20am when witnesses saw a shark holding him in its jaws.
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Fox News' Stephen Sorace and Portal contributed to this report.