A female swimmer has died in a shark attack in the waters off a popular tourist spot on Australia’s east coast, authorities said.

The attack was the second shark fatality in the country's waters this year, about a month after surfer Lance Appleby was killed off the Southern Australia coast, per BBC and CBS News. It was also the third attack in Queensland in less than three months, ABC News reported.

An Australian teenager from near Brisbane died on Monday after being bitten by a shark nearly 100 yards from the beach, according to reports.

A teenage girl was killed Monday in a shark attack in Queensland, Australia. The 17-year-old suffered a "serious shark bite" at Woorim Beach, just north of Brisbane, while swimming approximately 100 yards from shore.

A teenage girl has been killed in a shark attack on Queensland’s Bribie Island. Paramedics from Queensland Ambulance were called to Woorim Beach about 4.45pm, local time, on Monday following reports of the attack. Police said the 17-year-old girl was swimming when the shark bit her.

Charlize Zmuda, 17, died after being bitten by a shark off Woorim Beach, a popular spot in Queensland, on Monday afternoon.

In what her swim club calls a "cruel and unfathomable twist of fate," a 17-year-old girl was killed in a shark attack in Queensland, Australia on Monday. Charlize Zmuda was attacked while swimming at Woorim Beach,