Piranha fish attacks girl

Hundreds of swimmers in Brazil are being warned to stay out of the water following a spate of attacks by shoals of deadly piranha, which has left more than 50 people injured in just over a month. Unsuspecting tourists have had chunks of flesh bitten out of their hands and feet as drought conditions in the South American country force the lethal predators to migrate from their natural habitat to deeper waters packed with holidaymakers. Three children were among the casualties as people took to the waters to cool off during the hot holiday weekend. A four-year-old boy had a chunk taken out of his heel. Also in the north-east in the last 10 days, 25 people reported vicious attacks scaring off swimmers in a popular stretch of the San Francisco river in the town of Pao de Acucar, in Alagoas. I pulled my foot out of the water to see what had happened and saw a lot of blood.

By Guy Walters. The seven-year-old girl was just one of thousands in the water of the mighty River Parana on the afternoon of Christmas Day last week. For residents of the central Argentine city of Rosario, the festive season most certainly does not involve eating mince pies and drinking eggnog before sleeping it off in front of a fire. Instead, with the mercury hitting a sticky degrees, most are keener to cool off than to gorge themselves. With bars, restaurants and fun fairs, the beach is a major attraction and last Wednesday was no exception. Tens of thousands had gathered to enjoy the holiday.

A six-year-old girl found dead in Brazil was partly eaten by piranhas, the BBC reports. It is not clear whether the girl, who had been in a canoe with relatives, had already drowned when the fierce fish found her. The story has just come to international attention but the girl, identified by local media as Adrila Muniz, died in the Maicuru River near the town of Monte Alegre on 27 January, says the BBC.

Adrila Muniz was found dead with almost all of the flesh stripped from her legs following the deadly attack in Brazil. A six-year-old girl has been found dead after being attacked by a huge shoal of deadly piranha fish. Adrila Muniz was in a canoe with her grandmother and four other children when it suddenly capsized during a ferocious storm. Her desperate grandmother pulled the other children back into the boat but was unable to reach Adrila.