Teen surfer dies after shark attack near Esperance, off WA south coast 
 
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 A 17-year-old girl has died after she was attacked by a shark on Western Australia's south coast, near Esperance, on Monday. Police said the girl was surfing with her father when she was attacked at a popular surf break known as Kelp Beds — three kilometres east of Wylie Bay. It happened off the same beach where surfer Sean Pollard lost his arms in a shark attack nearly three years ago. Wylie Bay Beach will be closed until further notice and the Department of Fisheries will spend Tuesday patrolling the beach. The teenager was treated on the beach by paramedics before being taken to hospital in a critical condition. WA Police confirmed the girl later died from her injuries.
– A teen surfing off the southern coast of Australia died Monday after she was attacked by a shark, the AP reports. ABC Australia says the 17-year-old was surfing with her dad near the Kelp Beds surfing break, off of Esperance, at the same beach where a surfer suffered serious injuries from a shark attack in 2014. The girl was attacked around 4pm while her mom and sisters watched from the shore, PerthNow notes. Paramedics tried to help her on the beach, but she was soon taken to a local hospital in critical condition, and died of her injuries, per local cops. Although police haven't said what kind of shark may have killed the teen, PerthNow says a local shark-watch site flagged two sightings nearby of great white sharks (perhaps the same one) in the week before the attack. (An Oregon man started pummeling a shark in a panic when he was attacked.)