Updated: Second Fatal Shark Attack in WA!

Diver killed in shark attack at Mindarie, near Perth. Second fatal attack in five days… 

Just two days after the surfer Ben Gerring died from injuries sustained in a Great White attack, a diver has been killed 35 clicks north of Perth.

Witnesses describe the shark as being longer than their twenty-foot long boat.

From WAToday.

WA Police’s Inspector Danny Mulligan revealed on Sunday afternoon that the 60-year-old woman, who was mauled late on Sunday morning, had been with a male diver partner between One and Three-Mile Reefs.

The 43-year-old man said he thought he saw movement in the water and surfaced, where he found the woman with severe injuries – apparently as the result of a shark attack.

Three men in another boat arrived to assist and said they saw the shark and positioned the boat between the creature and the man, enabling him to lift the woman onto the boat the pair were using.

It was these three men who said the shark was longer than their boat. Female great whites have been known to grow to bigger than six metres.

Similar to Tuesday’s fatal attack in Mandurah, twenty minutes before the woman was attacked, Surf Life Saving WA had tweeted that a shark had been spotted in the area.

Public report 3.5m white shark sighted 13:31hrs 05/06, Binningup Boat Ramp, north of Bunbury 3km offshore , heading south.

Six minutes later.

Public report 4.5m white shark sighted 13:33hrs 05/06, Mindarie Beach, Perth Metro 300m offshore, 300-400m off Mindarie Marina .

And, finally:

Fisheries advise shark incident 1km off Mindarie. Beaches closed.

It is understood fisheries officers are set to deploy baited drum lines in the area.

Click here for a timeline of shark attacks in Western Australia (maybe not if you’re about to head west for a lil surf adventure.)