Teen mauled to death by shark pictured as haunting final social media post revealed

Charlize Zmuda was surfing disconnected the seashore of Bribie Island successful Queensland, Australia, erstwhile she was bitten by a shark and suffered catastrophic injuries, and sadly died astatine the scene

A fashionable teen ripped isolated by a shark during an day aquatics had earlier posted a final, haunting societal media station astir her emotion of the sea.

Charlize Zmuda, 17, suffered “catastrophic injuries" to her limb and assemblage successful a fearfulness incident at astir 4.45pm Monday section clip connected Bribie Island successful Queensland, Australia . Beachgoers reported proceeding screams arsenic paramedics rushed to the scene, but she was incapable to beryllium saved and died of her injuries.

The teen's past societal media station showed Charlize astatine the idyllic formation with her surf board, portion different photograph showed her enjoying the water waves. She wrote simply: “Bribie ‘25.”

Several friends responded with their messages of emotion and support. One said: “Rest successful bid beautiful, you seemed to emotion the water truthful much.”

Another added: “I’m truthful fortunate to person known you, remainder successful bid gorgeous girl.” Another said: “May you remainder successful peace. My bosom is conscionable breached for you and your family.”

Earlier today, her begetter Steven Zmuda told ABC helium hoped radical would proceed to spell to the beach, contempt the calamity which outgo his girl her life. He said: “I ne'er wanted a infinitesimal similar this to hap to anybody and (for it) to beryllium my girl is simply a killer, she's hopefully upstairs with my precocious father.

“When I got the tragic quality yesterday, I was highly gutted, but thing that my woman and I privation to accidental is we don’t privation radical to halt coming to the formation and enjoying our beach. It’s a large portion of our lives. We've got household present … the assemblage ... and we emotion everybody here, truthful delight inactive travel to the formation and bask the surrounds of each formation up and down the coast.”

A GoFundMe has been acceptable up successful Charlize's memory, describing her as: "Kind, funny, charming, beautiful, smart, loving, cheeky, brave, strong." It goes connected to say: "There are truthful galore words, yet nary genuinely picture Charlize. She lived for the beach; it was her home.

"A unpaid surf lifesaver, a singer, an adventurer, a nipper, a racer, a people 12 student, a daughter, a sister, and a friend. Charlize passed distant connected Woorim beach. Her beach, the aforesaid formation she patrols, camps, surfs and swims with her family, nine and champion friends. Cha cha we emotion you."

Bribie Island Tigers Football Club, who Charlize played for for 5 seasons, paid tribute to the teen connected societal media. They wrote: "Our Tigers Football Family sends its deepest and sincere condolences to the heartbroken household and friends of Charlize Zmuda. We articulation our hurting Bribie Island Community successful mourning the tragic nonaccomplishment of Charlize, who was amazingly talented, benignant and an inspiration to many.

"Charlize was a arrogant Tiger, playing successful our All Girls eam for 5 consecutive seasons, from U10-U14's. She was brave, talented and a committed squad subordinate who connected galore occasions was awarded 'Player of the Match'. Charlize would besides assistance volunteering successful our canteen, ever blessed with a large grin and her affirmative attitude.

"In our thoughts astatine this incredibly bittersweet clip are her past Club team-mates and their families, squad coaches and managers and Committee members. Charlize's household and friends volition proceed to beryllium successful our thoughts. We volition wage our top respects successful arsenic galore ways arsenic imaginable successful the days up successful tribute."

Earlier, MP Ariana Doolan posted connected societal media to stock her sadness astatine Charlize’s death. She wrote: “My bosom goes retired to Charlize and her household arsenic we each travel to presumption with idiosyncratic truthful young and vibrant losing their life.

“This devastating lawsuit has profoundly shaken our close-knit community, leaving friends, and section residents grieving the heartbreaking nonaccomplishment of a young beingness taken excessively soon. I person been speaking with Charlize's begetter contiguous who I cognize personally and my bosom goes retired to him and his household during this unimaginable time.

“The household is simply a immense portion of our portion and it volition instrumentality the full assemblage to rally astir them with support. A vigil is being held this evening astatine 6pm astatine the entranceway to the formation astatine Fifth Avenue. Members of the assemblage are invited to travel and honour Charlize's life.”