Great white shark kills man near popular island in Australia

A 38-year-old man was killed by a 4-meter great white shark in Western Australia, UNN reports, citing the BBC.

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The man was bitten by a shark shortly before 10:00 local time on Saturday at Horseshoe Reef, northwest of the popular Rottnest Island near the city of Perth, local police said.

Aerial footage shows the man being brought to shore by boat, where paramedics and police performed CPR on the jetty at Geordie Bay, according to local media outlet ABC.

"Unfortunately, the man could not be resuscitated," a police spokesperson said.

The state's Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development told AFP it had received reports that the man was bitten by a great white shark.

The department urged the public to be "extra cautious" in the waters around the area.

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This attack is the first fatal incident in Western Australia since March last year, when a surfer was severely bitten off a remote beach.

Since records began in 1791, nearly 1,300 shark attacks have been recorded in Australia, more than 260 of which resulted in death.