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July 14th, 2012 
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FATAL: A surfer has been attacked by a shark at Wedge Island, 180km north of Perth. Picture: AFP
Source: PerthNow
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A MALE surfer has been killed by a shark off Wedge Island, about 180km/h north of Perth.
A surfer, who is yet to be identified, was attacked while out with a mate about 4km east of the the island, north of the coastal fishing town of Lancelin, at about 9am.
Surf Life Saving WA said Water Police had confirmed the attack was fatal.
Police from Jurien Bay and Lancelin were called to the popular surf beach after the man’s distressed mate phoned for help.
The victim is believed to be aged in his early 20s
The RAC rescue helicopter was called to air-lift the man back to Perth but it’s understood his body is yet to be recovered.
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The shark attack is the fifth in WA during the past 10 months.
In April, WA Fisheries senior shark research scientist Rory McAuley said the state was the deadliest place in the world for shark attacks, after the death of 33-year-old diver Peter Kurmann off the southwest coast, the fourth death in seven months.
Mr McAuley said there had been an “unprecedented” number of fatal shark attacks off WA in the past two years.
Last month, 62-year-old surf life saver Martin Kane was rescued by one of his fellow paddlers when a shark attacked his surf ski at Mullaloo beach.
A world-first acoustic tagging program introduced last year has shown sharks are lingering off the metropolitan coast for months at a time.
WA Fisheries Minister Norman Moore recently said the state had pre-emptively banned shark tourism.
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