Shark Attack Claims Teen Life on Brazil’s Pernambuco Coast; Officials to Boost Monitoring

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Shark Attack Claims Teen Life on Brazil’s Pernambuco Coast; Officials to Boost Monitoring
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A 13-year-old boy died after a shark mauled him off Chifre beach in Pernambuco, Brazil; he was bitten on the thigh and could not be revived at the hospital. Beach warnings remain in place as authorities plan to bolster shark monitoring and restart a microchip tagging program. Pernambuco has logged over 80 shark attacks since 1992, with 26 fatalities prior to this incident.

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