{"id":99797,"date":"2026-09-18T10:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/swimmer-killed-in-shark-attack-in-front-of-horrified-beachgoers-in-australia-i-could-see-a-pool-of-blood\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:51:25","slug":"swimmer-killed-in-shark-attack-in-front-of-horrified-beachgoers-in-australia-i-could-see-a-pool-of-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/swimmer-killed-in-shark-attack-in-front-of-horrified-beachgoers-in-australia-i-could-see-a-pool-of-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimmer killed in shark attack in front of horrified beachgoers in Australia: &#8220;I could see a pool of blood&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A man was killed by a shark as he swam off a Western Australian city beach Friday while beachgoers watched in horror.<\/p>\n<p> Boats and helicopters searched the ocean off Sorrento Beach in Perth&#8217;s northern suburbs after the late-morning attack, a police statement said. Police would not say whether potential remains had been found.<\/p>\n<p> But police were confident the &#8220;swimmer died as a result of the attack,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p> A witness to the attack, identified only as Darrel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/australia-news\/wa\/perth-suspected-shark-attack-sorrento-beach-joondalup-20260918-p60yli.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Nine Network<\/a> television that the victim had been swimming with a now traumatized friend.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I was just shocked. I mean, I feel for his mate. He&#8217;s apologized and said &#8216;I didn&#8217;t save my mate,'&#8221; Darrel told Nine.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I said &#8216;You couldn&#8217;t have done anything,'&#8221; Darrel added.<\/p>\n<p> Witness Ingrid Mitchell, who swims at the beach daily, said to Nine: &#8220;How do you just watch someone be mauled to pieces in front of you, basically? It&#8217;s pretty hard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Witnesses reported seeing blood in the water.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;My friend said, &#8216;Jac, I think there&#8217;s been a shark attack,&#8217; and I looked out to the ocean and I could see a pool of blood,&#8221; beach walker Jacqui Rapaic told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-09-18\/shark-attack-perth-sorrento-beach\/107168950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Broadcasting Corp.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Local Ryan Rowe told The West Australian newspaper that he reached the beach soon afterward and was told by an onlooker &#8220;someone had been bitten by a shark.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t believe there was that much blood (that had) come out of a human body,&#8221; Rowe said.<\/p>\n<p> Authorities closed the beach to swimmers. Witnesses described the swimmer as a man in his 60s but police did not identify him further.<\/p>\n<p> In a separate shark attack, a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/shark-attacks-surfer-western-australia-glenfield-beach\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">surfer sustained a serious leg injur<\/a><\/span>y Monday near Geraldton, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of Perth.<\/p>\n<h2>Deadly shark attacks in 2026<\/h2>\n<p>There have been at least five fatal shark attacks in Australia this year.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/australian-boy-dies-bitten-shark-sydney-harbor\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">12-year-old boy died<\/a><\/span>\u00a0after he was bitten by a shark while swimming in Sydney Harbour in January. The attack that killed the boy was one of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/shark-attacks-australia-beachgoers-urged-go-to-local-pool\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">four recorded in the span of two days<\/a><\/span>, which prompted officials to close dozens of the city&#8217;s beaches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three divers were also\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/shark-attack-scuba-diver-killed-australia\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">fatally mauled<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in separate incidents between May and June \u2014 two in\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/shark-kills-spearfishing-diver-australia\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Western Australia<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and the third in Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Also in June, a woman was\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/australia-sydney-coogee-beach-shark-attack-lifeguard-rescue\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">mauled by a shark<\/a><\/span>\u00a0at one of Australia&#8217;s most popular beaches in Sydney. The woman \u2014 a schoolteacher \u2014 last month recalled swinging a &#8220;left hook&#8221; at the predator before it dragged her underwater.<\/p>\n<p> Australia has averaged between two and three fatal shark attacks a year since 2000, according to the Australian Shark Incident Database, a partnership including Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Flinders University and the New South Wales state government.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu\/shark-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Shark Attack File<\/a>, a database of global shark attacks maintained by the University of Florida, has recorded more than 1,280 shark incidents around Australia since 1791, including more than 250 fatal incidents. 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