Shark kills 13-year-old boy on popular tourist beach after ‘entire leg almost eaten’ in horrific attack

The boy was rushed to hospital but was determined to have died before he even arrived at the medical centre.

According to the victim’s cousin, who spoke other local media, the shark “ate almost his entire leg”.

Horrified onlookers pulled the boy from the water after witnessing the attack.

Dr Levy Dalton, who treated Deivson, said the teenager suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest after having bene bitten on his right thigh.

“He arrived at the unit already deceased,” he explained to reporters at the hospital.

“The entire team was ready when he arrived here. We took all possible measures according to advanced life support.

Dr Levy Dalton spoke to the media outside of the hospital in Brazil

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“But, unfortunately, we couldn’t resuscitate him.

“It was a tragedy, and we, the hospital team, extend our condolences to his family and friends, but unfortunately, we couldn’t do much for him.”

Dr Dalton added: “Because it was a large area with arteries, he lost a lot of blood.

“It would have been a very difficult case even with the support of the advanced [medical] team.

Brazilian authorities have placed up signs to warn the public of the risk of sharks

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“But I don’t know if, even if [medical authorities] had arrived in time, the patient would have arrived here alive. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to know.”

More than 80 shark attacks have been recorded in the same area of Brazil since 1992, according to Pernambuco’s State Committee for Monitoring Shark Incidents (Cemit).

More than a quarter of the attacks, 26 of the 80, were fatal.

Cemit said warning signs have been place on beaches in the area and that efforts are underway to help educate the public of the risk of shark attacks.

The attack occurred in the popular tourism area of Pernambuco

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It said: “150 signs have been installed on the area subject to shark incidents on the coast of Pernambuco, of which, 13 are located in Olinda and four specifically, on Del Chifre beach.

“The area has been monitored by Cemit for recording incidents since the 90s and is included in State Decree 21.402/99 to establish a ban on practices of nautical activities due to its high risk of incidents.

“Representatives of the Pernambuco Government were at the Tricentenary Hospital, in Olinda, to provide support to the teenager’s family and collect more information about the case.

“In total, the coastal area of the Fernando de Noronha Metropolitan Region and Archipelago has a series of actions focused on environmental education, research and monitoring of shark incidents underway, an investment of more than R$5 million [£694,500].

“Among them, the resumption of the shark monitoring editorial, with microchipping, in the Metropolitan Region, after 11 years.”