Teenage Boy Killed in Shark Attack in South Australia: 'It's a Tragic, Tragic Incident'

The body of a teenage boy was recovered near Ethel Beach, South Australia, on Thursday, police confirmed

A teenage boy has died following a shark attack in a popular tourist spot in South Australia.

The body of a teenager was found in waters near Ethel Beach in the Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park on the Yorke Peninsula, police said in a statement.

“At 1.30pm on Thursday 28 December police received reports of a shark attack near Ethel Beach in the Innes National Park,” police said. “Sadly the body of a teenage boy was recovered from the water.”

Yorke Mid North Police, Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators were called to the scene where the attack took place. A coroner’s report is now underway following the tragic incident.

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The victim is believed to be a 14-year-old boy who was on vacation with his family, local news outlet 7News reported.

The fatal attack is believed to be the first to have occurred in the area, which is popular among surfers and families this time of year, according to Australia's ABC News.

"It's a tragic, tragic incident," local resident and surfer Luke Sykora told the outlet. "I have seen a fair few sharks here over 22 years but that is the first fatal attack that we've had down here.”

"I wouldn't wish it upon anyone … to even be at the same beach at the same time,” Sykora continued. “I think the town would be mourning — I think it's very sad and very tragic, and a bit of an eye-opener."

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Speaking of the victim, Stansbury resident Marty Goody told ABC News, "It's a very small surfing community on the Yorke Peninsula and everyone knows each other. I've been surfing down here for 40 years and ... you've always known there's sharks there, but there does seem to be a lot more of them now."

"It was a beautiful day, there were a lot of people swimming and that down there and the surf was very small so they wouldn't have been very far off the shore," Goody said of the incident.

The incident comes as there have been several fatal shark attacks in Australia this year.

In May, schoolteacher Simon Baccanello, 46, was "presumed dead" after a shark attack at Walkers Rock Beach, around 450 miles west of Adelaide.

Witness Jaiden Millar, who was surfing at the scene at the time, told CBS News, "I saw his board tombstoning, which means he's underwater and his board's getting dragged under ... trying to fight his way back to the surface.”

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Two months before, a teenage girl was also killed in a shark attack in Western Australia.

Stella Berry, 16, was attacked after she jumped in Swan River in Perth to swim with a pod of dolphins, the Associated Press, Reuters and CNN reported.

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