Perth, WA

Sorrento shark attack: Northern beaches remain closed after fatal great white attack

The West Australian Troy de Ruyter

19 Sept 2026 11:11 AEST Summary

From the report

Perth’s northern beaches remain closed this morning after a man was killed by a shark just metres from shore at Sorrento Beach.

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of beach coastline ocean, used to illustrate it. Earth observations taken by the Expedition 14 crew NASA Image and Video Library, Public domain

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of beach coastline ocean, used to illustrate it. Earth observations taken by the Expedition 14 crew NASA Image and Video Library, Public domain

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Niral Score 12.3 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment -0.4 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 31.3 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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The West Australianas they published this story	12.3

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