Canadian woman found dead surrounded by dingoes on Australian beach

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• Police are investigating the incident, but cannot yet confirm whether she died from drowning or from being attacked by the animals, he said.
• However, Algie said there were markings on the body "consistent with having been touched and interfered with by the dingoes".
• "It was obviously a very traumatic and horrific scene for them to uncover," he said. The woman, who had been working at a backpacker's hostel for the past six weeks, told friends she was going for a 05:00 morning swim, Australia's ABC news outlet reported.
• "She was a young woman enjoying a beautiful part of the world, and that's what makes this such a tragedy," Algie said. A post-mortem is scheduled for Wednesday.
• Her body was found near the Maheno shipwreck, which was wrecked and washed ashore in 1935 - its skeletal remains have become a popular tourist destination.