A shark attack in Brazil leaves a teenage girl with a severely injured leg, according to multiple reports. The incident occurs off a popular beach and is described as the second attack involving a lost limb in the same area within a short time. Several outlets say the girl, identified in one report as 19-year-old Marcela Vitoria de Lima Santos, is bitten off and is dragged to shore by lifeguards and bystanders. The attack follows another shark incident at a nearby beach roughly a day earlier, in which an 11-year-old boy is reported to have also suffered a limb injury and required emergency care. Reports place the locations close together—within several miles, with one outlet citing about six miles between the beaches. One report also references video footage capturing the response from lifeguards and others at the scene. While details such as the shark species are mentioned in at least one account, the common elements across sources are the two separate attacks, the lost-limb injuries, the proximity of the beaches, and the timeline of about one day between incidents.
Brazilian teen loses leg in shark attack a day after nearby boy was mauled
A shark attack in Brazil leaves a teenage girl with a severely injured leg, according to multiple reports. The incident occurs off a popular beach and is described as the second attack involving a los...
- A teenage girl in Brazil suffers a severe shark injury to her leg, described as a leg being bitten off.
- The attack happens about a day after an 11-year-old boy is attacked by a shark at a nearby beach.
- The two incidents occur close together, with reported beach-to-beach distance of several miles (around six miles).
- Lifeguards and bystanders respond immediately and help move the injured teenager to shore, with at least one account referencing video footage.
- Multiple outlets describe the incidents as similar and part of a short-term pattern along the same coastal area.
A 19-year-old woman and an 11-year-old boy in Brazil each lost a leg to recent shark attacks that happened within a day and just over 6 miles of each other.
2 months agoA teenage girl has had her leg torn off in a shark attack off a popular beach, in a shocking incident that came just one day after an 11-year-old boy was also seriously mauled. WARNING: Distressing content.
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2 months agoA Brazilian teenager has had her leg bitten off by a shark just a day after a schoolboy was attacked at a nearby beach.
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