Female diver dies in shark attack off Perth after she is 'mauled by a five metre great white'

A 60-year-old woman has died after being attacked by a shark while she was diving at Mindarie, about 35 kilometres north of Perth on Sunday.Police said her 43-year-old diving partner pulled her from the water but she had died before they made it to shore. Three men who came to the pair's aid reported seeing a shark which was longer than their 5.3 metre fishing boat. 

Police said the woman's injuries 'were apparent and severe' and consistent with a shark attack.

Police were called at 11.50am and told that an injured person was found in the water off Mindarie. 

She was taken to a boat ramp in Mindarie. 

The woman’s diving partner had felt ‘something go past him' while he was in the water, police told the ABC. 

'Police and St John Ambulance personnel attended the scene and located a female person deceased.' 

The Department of Fisheries also said it was treating the incident as a 'possible shark attack' and said in a statement the people who brought the woman to shore at reported seeing a shark.  

It is understood fisheries officers are set to deploy baited drum lines in the area.

Less than half an hour before the shark attack, Surf Life Saving WA reported a shark sighting and 'possible shark interaction' off Mindarie Beach. 

The incident on Sunday is the second fatal shark attack in the Perth area in a week.

It comes just days after a surfer had his leg bitten off by a shark while paddling his surfboard at Falcon Beach in his hometown of Mandurah, south of Perth, on Tuesday afternoon. 

Ben Gerring, 29, was brought to shore by fellow surfers and taken to Royal Perth Hospital, but tragically died late on Friday night from the injuries.

An inspection of his damaged surfboard showed a white shark was responsible.  

Western Australia's Department of Fisheries trapped and killed a 4.2 metre great white shark on Wednesday afternoon but don't know if it was the same shark that attacked Gerring.

The huge shark was caught on Wednesday afternoon and died on the drum line.

It was then towed out to sea and dumped after samples and measurements were taken.

The latest incident happened around 100km north of Tuesday's attack.

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