A female swimmer has died in a shark attack in the waters off a popular tourist spot on Australia’s east coast, authorities said.

The Queensland Ambulance Service responded to a 'serious shark bite incident' involving the 17-year-old victim at Woorim Beach, north of Brisbane, at around 4:45 p.m. local time on Monday, Feb. 3, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

The parents of a teenage girl fatally bitten by a shark off a popular beach at Bribie Island have paid an emotional tribute to their “shining light”, as onlookers told of their shock when the horror incident unfolded.

The attack was the second shark fatality in the country's waters this year, about a month after surfer Lance Appleby was killed off the Southern Australia coast, per BBC and CBS News. It was also the third attack in Queensland in less than three months, ABC News reported.

Charlize Zmuda, who died after being attacked by a shark in Australia, had only just attended her school formal. The mother of a teenager killed in a shark attack at a popular surfing beach off Bribie Island,

A teenage girl was killed Monday in a shark attack in Queensland, Australia. The 17-year-old suffered a "serious shark bite" at Woorim Beach, just north of Brisbane, while swimming approximately 100 yards from shore.

Emergency services are rushing to reports of a potential shark bite near a Queensland island. Emergency services are rushing to reports of a potential shark bite near Bribie Island. Crews have been sent to Woorim Beach.

Paramedics rushed to treat the teenager who was swimming off a beach in Queensland, but say she succumbed to serious injuries to her upper body.

A teenage girl has died after being bitten by a shark off Bribie Island, north of Brisbane. Emergency services were called to Woorim Beach on Bribie Island on Monday at about 4:45pm. It is understood the 17-year-old had been swimming about 100 metres from the shore when she was attacked and bitten on the arm and body in front of horrified onlookers.

A 17-year-old girl was killed by a shark at a popular tourist beach in Australia on Monday — marking the third fatal shark attack Down Under in less than six weeks. The Queensland Ambulance Services responded to a “serious shark bite incident” involving the unidentified teen girl at the popular Woorim Beach north of Brisbane around 4:45 p.

A teenage girl has died following a shark attack in Australia. The incident occurred at Woorim Beach on Bribie Island, about an hour north drive from Brisbane on Queensland’s coastline. The attack occurred on Monday,