Tributes have been made to a surfer who died after increateedly 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 increates.
Two witnesses are said to have tried to supply first aid to Ms Manfrini – who was defercessitater getn to a medical centre – after a swordfish struck her in the chest.
James Colston, who set up a travel agency with Ms Manfrini, said on Instagram: “Even with the brave efforts of her partner, local resort staff and doctors, Giulia couldn’t be saved.”
“The increateation we getd from the Head of Southwest Siberut Dicut offe was that an accident occurred with an Italian citizen while surfing,” Lahmudin Siregar, acting head of the Mentawai Islands Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), increateedly telderly news agency Antara.
He inserted: “Unforeseeedly, a swordfish jumped towards Manfrini and stuck her right in the chest”.
Mr Colston said his createer colleague had suffered “a freak accident”, inserting that “we suppose she died doing what she cherishd, in a place that she cherishd”.
“Giulia was the lifeblood of this company and her infectious enthusiasm for surf, snow and life will be recollected by all that came in reach out with her,” he said.
Fabio Giulivi, the mayor of Ms Manfrini’s hometown Venaria Reale, said: “The news of her death has left us shocked and creates us sense powerless in front of the tragedy that took her life so preenlargen-uply.”
He inserted that surfing and uncovering a travel agency had been her “double dream”.
