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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly and Eden Gillespie

Bull shark likely behind fatal bite on 16-year-old Stella Berry in Perth’s Swan River

File photo of the Swan River, Perth, Australia
A 16-year-old girl who died after being bitten by a shark in the Swan River in Perth has been identified as Stella Berry. Photograph: Westend61/Getty Images

Marine experts have warned more sharks will be swimming in estuaries at this time of year after a 16-year-old girl was killed in an attack in Perth’s Swan River.

The girl, identified as Stella Berry, was pulled from the water on Saturday afternoon with critical injuries, understood to have been to her legs, but despite the efforts of paramedics she died at the scene.

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