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.

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

A 17-year-old girl reportedly succumbed to death after being attacked by a shark at Woorim Beach at Bribie Island, north of Brisbane.

On 2 January, surfer Lance Appleby was killed by a shark at Granites Beach in South Australia. Days earlier, 40-year-old chaplain Luke Walford was fatally bitten while spearfishing near the Keppel Bay Islands in Queensland. Shark control measures, including baited drum lines and drone surveillance, are in place at Woorim Beach.

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 were called to Woorim Beach on Bribie Island at about 4.45pm on Monday following reports of a 'serious shark bite incident'

An Australian teenager from near Brisbane died on Monday after being bitten by a shark nearly 100 yards from the beach, according to reports.

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.