{"id":22025,"date":"2023-12-29T02:08:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T08:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=22025"},"modified":"2023-12-29T02:08:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T08:08:16","slug":"15-year-old-surfer-dies-in-south-australia-states-third-fatal-shark-attack-since-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=22025","title":{"rendered":"15-year-old surfer dies in South Australia state&#8217;s third fatal shark attack since May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">ADELAIDE, Australia &#8212;&nbsp;A 15-year-old surfer has died in the third fatal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/alerts\/SharkAttacks\"><u>shark attack<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;in the waters off South&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/alerts\/Australia\"><u>Australia<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;state in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Khai Cowley was attacked by a suspected great white shark Thursday while surfing with his father off remote Ethel Beach on the Yorke Peninsula west of his hometown of Adelaide, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">He was brought to shore but emergency services were unable to revive him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Surfers died in shark attacks in remote parts of South Australia in May and October. Their bodies were never recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">South Australia Premier Peter Malinauskas said there have been 11 fatal shark attacks in the state\u2019s waters since 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The fact that three of those fatalities occurred since May is \u201cstartling and is of concern,\u201d he told Nine Network television Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Malinauskas said there was little the government could do to make beaches safer outside Adelaide, the state capital and its most populous city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Outside the state, a 16-year-old girl killed by a bull shark in a river in the west coast city of Perth in February was the only other fatal shark attack in Australia during 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Adelaide-based shark expert Andrew Fox said the increase in shark attacks in South Australia this year, including two non-fatal attacks, was difficult to explain. He said overcast conditions like those at Ethel Beach on Thursday can embolden sharks to attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/15-year-surfer-dies-south-australia-states-fatal-105980902\">Abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADELAIDE, Australia &#8212;&nbsp;A 15-year-old surfer has died in the third fatal&nbsp;shark attack&nbsp;in the waters off South&nbsp;Australia&nbsp;state in recent months. Khai Cowley was attacked by a suspected great white shark Thursday while surfing with his father off remote Ethel Beach on the Yorke Peninsula west of his hometown of Adelaide, authorities said. 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