The parents of Stella Berry, the Perth teenager who died in the first first fatal shark attack in the Swan River in a century, have revealed the devastation of the loss of their “beautiful girl”. 7NEWS
The 16-year-old girl’s parents Sophie and Matt Berry broke their silence and released a statement and three photos of their “vibrant and happy girl” on Sunday night.Watch the latest news and stream for free on“We are devastated and deeply shocked by the loss of our beautiful daughter Stella,” the statment reads.
The statement follows the identification of the teenager, who was fatally mauled on Saturday afternoon, by her Perth school.the school was coming to terms with Berry’s death with “great sadness, sincere empathy and the deepest regret”. Family and friends were in a state of shock at the scene of the unthinkable tragedy Saturday afternoon.Family are grieving the death of a girl in the Swan River.“I understand and respect that people respond to grief and loss in different ways, and that a loss such as this can trigger a broad range of emotional responses that are not always anticipated or evident,” he said to The West.
“What we’re being advised is that was with friends on the river. They were on jetskis, possibly a pod of dolphins were seen nearby and the young female jumped in the water to swim near the dolphins,” Fremantle district acting inspector Paul Robinson said Saturday evening, adding “this is an extremely traumatic incident for anyone to witness”.
“We were completely unaware of this attack and had been swimming and jumping off for about an hour to 45 minutes,” Joshua Banks, 16, said.
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