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    Teenager Found Dead After Shark Attack In Western Australia

    Police investigating circumstances surrounding fatality at Cheynes Beach, WA.

    Jay Muscat, 17, was spearfishing when a large great white shark, up to five metres long, attacked.

    The 17-year-old was killed at Cheynes Beach near Albany, 470km southeast of Perth.

    Friends remembered Muscat as a guy "who was always the life of the party".

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    Albany Police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the teenagers death.

    According to The West Australian, the pair were spearfishing near a rocky outcrop known as Three Stripes.

    "A worker at the local caravan park said sharks were not commonly seen in the area, except for a few bronze whalers," reported the newspaper.

    The death is the fourth fatal shark attack in Australia in 2014.

    Last year commercial fishermen pulled a 4m, 760kg great white shark from herring nets near Cheynes Beach.

    Cheynes Beach is a remote area, 65km east of Albany, best known for its caravan park.

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    Location of Cheynes Beach.