According to a Facebook post by “Raw Surf,’' and multiple reports, Giulia Manfrini, received nearly a two-inch wound from the fish while surfing off Masokut Island in the Mentawai archipelago. The 36-year-old was riding her surfboard when the sea creature leapt out of the water and struck her in the left side of her chest.

AN ITALIAN surfer has been killed after she was impaled in the chest in a freak swordfish attack. Giulia Manfrini, 36, was travelling off the coast of a paradise island in Indonesia before the

SINGAPORE: An Italian surfer has died after being struck by a swordfish while surfing off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Ms Giulia Manfrini, 36, was fatally injured after being impaled by the bill of the swordfish last Friday (Oct 18) in the waters off Ombak Bengbeng,

Shocking information has emerged: a 36-year-old surfer and influencer from Italy has tragically died. The incident occurred while she was surfing off the coast of Masokut Island, near Sumatra, Indonesia.

Italian national Giulia Manfrini was killed by a swordfish while surfing at a popular Mentawai surf spot off the west coast of Sumatra, in Indonesia last Friday. The 36-year-old was impaled while catching a wave off Masokut Island, suffering a 5cm deep wound in the upper-left side of her chest.

Giulia Manfrini, a passionate Italian surfer and surf coach, was tragically killed by a swordfish attack while surfing near Masokut Island, Indonesia.

Lahmudin Siregar, acting head of the Mentawai Islands' Disaster Management Agency, told local news agency Antara that the swordfish "unexpectedly jumped towards Manfrini and pierced her chest." Despite immediate efforts to save her,

Italian surfer and coach Giulia Manfriri was killed last week in Sumatra, Indonesia, after a swordfish impaled her in the chest, according to reports. Manfrini, 36, was surfing a left off Masokut Island in the Mentawais on October 18 when a swordfish lept from the water,