A shark attack claimed the life of an American swimmer off the coast of Australia. The 32-year-old man, who was living in Australia on a work visa, was attacked by a 10-foot-long Great White Shark during the fatal attack. The same shark is believed to have killed a man on October 10. Read more after the jump.

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An American man was killed today after a shark attack off Western Australia, authorities said.

Western Australia state police senior Sergeant Greg Trew said man’s friends helped him out of the water and in the process saw the shark.

“He floated to the surface and the shark was seen as they were leaving the area to come back into Thompson’s Bay,” Trew said.

The 32-year-old man, whose identity has not been released, was on a work visa when fatal attack occurred off Rottnest Island, near Perth, authorities said.

Other witnesses said the shark appeared to be a 10-foot great white, The Associated Press reported.

“Within an hour of that situation occurring the Fisheries Minister [Norman Moore] and the State Government authorised that the shark be caught and destroyed, if possible, and the fisheries officers are now attempting to do that,” Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

It is unclear whether this is the same shark that is believed to have killed a 64-year-old man on Oct. 10 off Perth’s Cottesloe Beach, authorities told the AP.
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