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The first images have emerged of Stella Berry, the 16-year-old girl who was fatally mauled by a shark in front of her horrified friends.
The fun-loving teenager, who was studying at Shenton College in Perth, liked to make crazy TikTok videos dancing and imitating lyrics with friends, often with an infectious smile.
He was relaxing on a rope swing with his friends in the Swan River north of Fremantle, Western Australia, around 3:30pm on Saturday when he spotted a pod of dolphins and jumped into the water, but a shark clung on. his leg.
Stella Berry, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, was fatally attacked by a shark after jumping into WA’s Swan River on Saturday.
Heroic bystanders, including some people on jet skis, called the emergency services and tried to save his life.
However, Stella sustained severe leg injuries and died at the scene.
Shenton College Principal Michal Morgan said Stella’s death had caused “great sadness, sincere empathy and the deepest regret”.
Stella, who was the daughter of two teachers, enjoyed making crazy TikTok videos with her friends and family.
“I understand and respect that people respond to grief and loss in different ways, and that a loss like this can trigger a wide range of emotional responses that aren’t always anticipated or obvious,” Morgan told The West.
“I have personally offered, on behalf of the College, our condolences and support to Stella’s family during this very sad time.”
Both of Mrs. Berry’s parents are teachers.
A local, who saw the 16-year-old die being attacked by what is believed to be a bull shark, said he heard people screaming before the man jumped.
Perth resident Joshua Banks, 16, was swinging on the rope with six friends nearby before the gruesome attack unfolded.
“My mates Jacob and Harry and I saw them – we actually saw them go over the bridge while we were swinging the rope,” he told The Daily Telegraph.
“They passed by and we saw them get off the jet skis near the beach and jump up and swim to shore quickly.”
The teen described what he saw as a “completely random attack” and said he and his friends were “shocked” by the event.
“We were completely unaware of this attack and had been swimming and jumping for about an hour to 45 minutes,” he said.
He added that his friends were “aware that it could have been us.”
Joshua Banks was swinging on the rope with a group of peers nearby and saw the teen and her friends on jet skis before jumping into the water.
Witnesses told police a man bravely dove into the water to pull the teen up, describing him as a “hero”, but paramedics were unable to save her.
A local girl said she heard people screaming before the man jumped in to try and save her life.
The girl’s family and friends were seen in shock near the river after she was pulled out.
The girl is believed to have been swimming with dolphins when she was attacked by the shark.
A teenage girl was mauled to death by a shark in the Swan River in North Fremantle on Saturday in what eyewitness Joshua Banks described as a “completely random attack”.
Emergency services, including police boats, rushed to the scene near the Fremantle Traffic Bridge and pulled her out of the water with serious leg injuries.
Acting Fremantle District Inspector Paul Robinson described the incident as “traumatic”.
“This is an extremely traumatic event for everyone involved and everyone who knew the young woman, so I won’t go into the scope of injuries.
“It is unusual for a shark to be this far out in the river… at this time an alert has been issued, a shark warning just to let people know that this incident has occurred.
“What they have informed us is that the problems with friends in the river, they were on jet skis, possibly a pod of dolphins had been seen nearby, and the young woman jumped into the water to swim near the dolphins.”
Police did not elaborate on his injuries and did not confirm which species of shark was involved in the attack.
It is the first deadly shark attack in the Swan River in a century.