Italian surfer Giulia Manfrini was surfing in the Mentawai Islands when she was impaled by a swordfish, Indonesian authorities said. The resort said it was a needlefish.

Italian surfer and influencer Giulia Manfrini has died at age 36 after she was fatally impaled by a swordfish off the western coast of Indonesia.

Giulia Manfrini, 36, traically died off the coast of Masokut Island in Indonesia earlier this month - after a swordfish unexpectedly leaped out of the water and speared her in the chest