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13-year-old girl bitten by shark posts pictures of injuries to Facebook

A 13-year-old girl bitten by a shark in Australia has lived to tell the tale, posting pictures of...
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10.41 17 Oct 2014


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13-year-old girl bitten by shark posts pictures of injuries to Facebook

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10.41 17 Oct 2014


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A 13-year-old girl bitten by a shark in Australia has lived to tell the tale, posting pictures of her injuries on Facebook. Some readers may find the image below disturbing.

Kirra-Belle Olsson was surfing off Avoca Beach, 60 miles (95km) north of Sydney, when she was bitten on the left ankle by a one-metre (3ft) shark, police said.

The accomplished competition surfer told how the shark tried to drag her off her board after biting her ankle, causing puncture wounds to her calf and foot.

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"It just swung me around and tried to pull me under and I saw the tail and ... I really didn't know what to do so I just started screaming," Kirra-Belle told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation at Gosford Hospital.

"I paddled ... in shock (I) just started laughing, I was like, 'Whoa, what the hell, I just got bitten by a shark,'" she told Seven Network television.

Kirra-Belle then took to Facebook, posting simply "Got attacked by a shark", accompanied by a series of shocking photos of the bite marks on her body. 

Kirra-Belle was treated on the beach by bystanders who then drove her to the hospital.

Two weeks ago, a surfer had part of his arm torn off by a suspected four-metre (13ft) great white shark while surfing off the coast of Western Australia near the town of Esperance.


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