{"id":1151,"date":"2026-06-03T20:38:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:38:40","slug":"brazilian-teen-loses-leg-in-shark-attack-a-day-after-11-year-old-boy-suffered-same-6-miles-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1151","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian teen loses leg in shark attack a day after 11-year-old boy suffered same 6 miles away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1149\">Iranian attack on Kuwait airport puts deadly dent into ceasefire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The teen, identified as Marcela Vitoria de Lima Santos by the New York Post, was attacked Monday at Boa Viagem Beach in Recife.<\/p>\n<p>The attacker was a 10-foot-long tiger shark, the Pernambuco State Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainability said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went into the water,\u201d the teen\u2019s cousin told a Brazilian TV station, according to the Post, \u201cbecause she was drifting a little farther away, losing strength. I grabbed her by the arm and brought her back, pulling her, swimming toward the shore, and people came and helped me. She was very badly injured; she had already lost her leg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s attack happened near Piedade Beach in Jaboatao dos Guararapes, state officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster, identified as Joao Lucas Castor Nemezio Sales by the Post, was struck by a bull shark and suffered injuries to his thigh and left hand, officials said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1147\">A Federal Reserve Bank survey finds food insecurity still rising since the Biden administration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Santos lost her right leg, and Lucas\u2019 left leg was amputated, according to Brazilian news site Brasil de Fato.<\/p>\n<p>The two attacks were the third and fourth in the state of Pernambuco in 2026, including an incident that caused a fatality.<\/p>\n<p>Pernambuco officials announced Wednesday that after a more than 10-year hiatus, they will resume monitoring the shark population along the state\u2019s coast, focusing on tiger sharks and bull sharks, according to Brazilian public news agency Agencia Brasil.<\/p>\n<p>As of Wednesday, Ms. Santos and Lucas remained hospitalized in the same facility in Recife, according to Agencia Brasil.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1145\">Leftist bid to \u2018reframe\u2019 250th birthday narrative reunites Women\u2019s March squad<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,62],"tags":[879,882,881,880],"class_list":["post-1151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-brazil","tag-joao-lucas-castor-nemezio-sales","tag-marcela-vitoria-de-lima-santos","tag-recife"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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