A teenage girl had part of her arm torn off
and a boy was also badly injured in separate
shark attacks in North Carolina seaside town
on Sunday officials and US media said.
Authorities raced to get people out of the
water at picturesque Oak Island after shark
mauled a girl of 14 followed soon after by
a 16 year-old boy who reported lost his arm
NBC News said ,The girl who was visiting
the area with family was airlifted to a hospital
for urgent treatment said Oak Island Mayor
Betty Wallace,
"One of the thing we hope we never have
to hear from beach community :the shark
bite victim is a teenage girl Wallace wrote
on Facebook,
"Confirmed that she has lost part of her left
arm and may lose her left leg ,Please keep
this girl and her family in your prayers"
Less than 30 minute later ,the boy was
attacked <NBC News said was similarly
rushed to a hospital for treatment,
The incidents happened just a few miles
up to the coast from Ocean Isle Beach
,where the a 13 year old was bitten by
a shark on Thursday suffering laceration
to her right foot ,local media said
AFP
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