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Breaking: Diver dies after bite by suspected 4.5m shark off Albany, WA
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- Police are at the scene to investigate the incident.
- The 35-year-old man was taken by boat to shore after emergency services responded to reports of a shark attack at 11:25am, local time, on Saturday.
- The man was spearfishing with family off Michaelmas Island, near Albany, when he was attacked, according to police.
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Police are at the scene to investigate the incident. (ABC News: Rosemary Murphy)
Link copied Share Share article. A male diver has died after he was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre shark off the southern Western Australian coast, WA police have confirmed.
The 35-year-old man was taken by boat to shore after emergency services responded to reports of a shark attack at 11:25am, local time, on Saturday.
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