Man dies in WA shark attack

A man has died after being mauled by a shark off Western Australia’s southwest coast.

The man was diving with a mate in Geographe Bay, about 200 kilometres southwest of Perth, when he was attacked just before 9.30am (WST) on Saturday, police say.

The man’s friend was not harmed.

A WA Police spokesman said the corpse was being taken to Port Geographe Marina in Busselton.

Experts from the Department of Fisheries have launched an investigation, which will include an examination of bite marks on the man’s body.

It is the fourth fatal shark attack off the WA coast since September last year.

It was not immediately clear what species of shark was involved in Saturday’s attack.

George Thomas Wainwright, a 32-year-old Texan, was killed after being bitten by a great white shark while diving off Perth’s Rottnest Island on October 22.

Bryn Martin, 64, was killed after being attacked by a shark while swimming at Perth’s Cottesloe beach earlier in October.

Bodyboarder Kyle Burden, 21, was killed by a shark near Bunker Bay in WA’s southwest in September.

Tour operator David Pickering, 26, was mauled by a tiger shark while snorkelling off Coral Bay, in the state’s northwest, on January 19.

He escaped with only minor injuries.

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