The victim was 16 years old and died on an island in Torres, Australia. She was with a friend at the time of the attack.
A 16 year old teenager died after being attacked by a crocodile in the northwest of Australia. The tragic event occurred on an island in the Strait of towers.
The young man was with a friend three years younger than him when he suffered the accident.animal tack. The two had gone out for a boat ride when they had a problem with their boat. At that moment, the teenager entered the water and the crocodile attacked him.
Australia: family reported missing
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Last Thursday the victim’s family had reported him missing and began an intense search. According to the Queensland State Police, the young man’s body was found lifeless near the island where his friend had last seen him.
Simon Booththe Queensland Department of Environment official, explained that the injuries found on his body indicated that it was a “big crocodile“, about three and a half meters.
Another attack in Australia
In January, another attack occurred in Australiabut this time it was a shark that seriously injured a woman in the Sydney Bay. The incident took place during the evening, in front of a pier in the Elizabeth Bayless than two kilometers from the Sydney Opera, the police noted.
According to local media, the woman was identified as Lauren O’Neill, 29 years old, who was admitted to St Vincent’s hospital after the attack. After the attack, authorities issued a statement stating that the woman had suffered a “serious injury to her right leg.”
The last shark attack on a person in Sydney Bay had been in February 2009when an Australian Navy diver was bitten on the arm and leg.
Source: Ambito
