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Shark bites girl in half near beach on Indian Ocean island
FoxNews.com/AFP ^ | 7/16/2013

Posted on 07/16/2013 1:08:18 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

A teenage girl from France was killed in a shark attack while swimming off the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, the fifth person to be killed by sharks on the island since 2011.

Local officials said the 15-year-old was attacked in the mid-afternoon while swimming just five metres from shore in the shallows of Saint-Paul bay on the western side of the island.

The teenager's body was sliced in two at the torso, and then "a part of her body was taken away by the shark", said Gina Hoarau, the head of public safety on the island.

The girl, who was named only as "Sarah" by French media, was swimming with another girl her age when the attack - just metres from a popular restaurant - happened.

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1 posted on 07/16/2013 1:08:18 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Horrible.


2 posted on 07/16/2013 1:09:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Terrible story. I’ve been afraid of the ocean since I saw Jaws as a child.


3 posted on 07/16/2013 1:11:26 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: RoosterRedux
However, this is not normal behavior for a shark. More than likely, the shark mistook her for a seal or a penguin.

sarc/

4 posted on 07/16/2013 1:11:44 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Keep your powder dry.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Stunning beach, horrific tragedy.


5 posted on 07/16/2013 1:12:25 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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To: RoosterRedux

Did the shark have a “Justice for Travon” T-shirt on?


6 posted on 07/16/2013 1:13:33 PM PDT by celmak
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To: FlingWingFlyer

That will be a real comfort to the girl’s parents./s


7 posted on 07/16/2013 1:15:34 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Probably a jewish special forces trained shark.
Almost got eaten alive by a great white back in the early 70’s
Still see that mouth and size.
Prayers up for the family and friends.


8 posted on 07/16/2013 1:18:16 PM PDT by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28- 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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To: RoosterRedux

This does not sound like a good vacation spot.


9 posted on 07/16/2013 1:21:16 PM PDT by henkster (The 0bama regime isn't a train wreck, it's a B 17 raid on the rail yard.)
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To: RoosterRedux

5 meters=less than 6 yards...

horrible...


10 posted on 07/16/2013 1:22:01 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: RoosterRedux

I’ve watched on Discovery Channel or wherever, they give scientists grants to prove the shark feeds and then goes far away, in an effort to stop people from hunting sharks after killings like this. That is how out of phase we are on the human/ animal relationship.


11 posted on 07/16/2013 1:26:13 PM PDT by Williams (No Obama)
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To: Karliner

Tell your shark story!


12 posted on 07/16/2013 1:28:18 PM PDT by Wayne07
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To: Karliner

If I were you, I would never go in the ocean again.


13 posted on 07/16/2013 1:30:10 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: MrShoop

bttt


14 posted on 07/16/2013 1:31:19 PM PDT by advertising guy (Phoenix...........where a prick in the butt ain't sexual.............it's a cactus)
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To: RoosterRedux

Yes, but Californica today made it illegal to sell or serve shark fins. Poor misunderstood sharks.


15 posted on 07/16/2013 1:32:01 PM PDT by soycd
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To: RoosterRedux

Roughly 16 feet from shore???


16 posted on 07/16/2013 1:35:28 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: RoosterRedux

...the fifth person to be killed by sharks on the island since 2011.

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Just wondering if this fact is generally known among the people who vacation there....


17 posted on 07/16/2013 1:36:14 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
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To: EEGator
Terrible story. I’ve been afraid of the ocean since I saw Jaws as a child.

Me, too! It ruined my fun at the beach forever.

Entering the ocean on a volunteer basis is akin to being an athiest and accompanying Daniel into the Lion's Den.
Or bedding down for the night in a hungry bear's den.
Or walking into a rattlesnakes' nest barefooted.
Or playing badminton with a hornet's nest.
Or trying to extinguish a Killer Bee hive with a BB gun.

Yeah, pretty much ruined it!

18 posted on 07/16/2013 1:40:53 PM PDT by Nita Nupress ( Use your mind, not your emotions. Refuse to be manipulated by Marxists!)
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To: RoosterRedux

She was split at Reunion.

Is there any Limericksters on the plane?


19 posted on 07/16/2013 1:40:55 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Say no to Homobama))
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To: soycd
Yes, but Californica today made it illegal to sell or serve shark fins. Poor misunderstood sharks.

A couple months ago we attended a banquet at a Chinese restaurant. Everyone in the restaurant including non-banquet customers were eating shark-fin soup like it was the last time they would have it. The servers told us eat it while you can before the law takes hold, and that they've sold more this year than ever before. Unintended consequences of the law, as more sharks than ever were killed for this soup. Delicious, by the way.

20 posted on 07/16/2013 1:41:37 PM PDT by roadcat
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