Woman dies in suspected shark attack in New Zealand

People walk near a beach following a shark attack at Bowentown, near Waihi, in New Zealand (George Novak/Bay of Plenty Times via AP)

A woman has died in what appears to be New Zealand’s first fatal shark attack in eight years, police said.

Emergency services responded late on Thursday afternoon to reports of a woman “injured in the water” at Waihi Beach, a popular tourist spot 153 kilometres’ (95 miles) drive south east of Auckland, a police statement said.