New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- Authorities were trying to determine on Tuesday whether a Canadian woman found dead on an Australian beach had been killed by dingoes.

The 19-year-old woman was found on a beach at K'gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, on Monday. Police said her body had been "interfered with" by native Australian dogs.

But police would not speculate on the cause of death, saying her body had been discovered 90 minutes after she went for a morning swim on the world's largest sand island off the Queensland state coast.

Police were called to the beach near a shipwreck, a popular tourist attraction, at 6.35 a.m.

Two men were driving an SUV along the beach when they saw around 10 dingoes near the body, Police Insp. Paul Algie said...