Tributes have been made to a surfer who died after reportedly being impaled by a swordfish in Indonesia. Giulia Manfrini, 36, from Turin in northern Italy, had been surfing in the waters of the Mentawai Islands Regency, West Sumatra Province, before the incident on Friday, according to reports.

An Italian surfer hunting for waves off the west coast of Sumatra died after she was stabbed in the chest by the bill of a swordfish, in what is being considered a freak accident.

A 36-year-old surfer died after reportedly being struck by a swordfish in Indonesia. As per BBC, the surfer named Giulia Manfrini from Turin in northern Italy, had been surfing in the waters of the Mentawai Islands Regency,

An incident in one of the surfers' paradises. This is how Giulia Manfrini, a 36-year-old influencer from Venaria Reale (Turin), died, a victim of a swordfish attack yesterday morning in the

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,

An avid surfer from Italy was fatally wounded when when she was impaled by a swordfish while catching a wave off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, earlier this month. According to a Facebook post by “Raw Surf,

Image via Instagram Not since Steve Irwin with a stingray have I seen such misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Surfer Giulia Manfrini died after a swordfish mortally impaled her during a freak accident.

A women's professional surfer has died in horrifying fashion at 36 years old. Giulia Manfrini, a professional surfer and thrill seeker from Italy, was killed in a horrifying swordfish accident while out on the water.