Key facts
- A 19-year-old girl had her leg bitten off by a tiger shark.
- The attack occurred one day after an 11-year-old boy lost a limb in a similar incident.
- Both attacks happened at beaches near each other in Brazil.
- Lifeguards and bystanders assisted in rescuing the teenage victim.
A teenage girl, identified as 19-year-old Marcela Vitoria de Lima Santos, had her leg bitten off by a tiger shark in a horrifying incident. This attack occurred just one day after an 11-year-old boy suffered a similar injury at another beach a few miles away. The proximity and similarity of these two attacks within a 24-hour period have raised significant safety concerns for beachgoers in the region.
