Overview
- Deivson Rocha Dantas was attacked on Thursday while playing in the water with friends at the tourist beach in Olinda, eastern Brazil.
- Witnesses say the shark approached from behind and bit his right thigh, with relatives reporting the leg was nearly torn off.
- Friends pulled him from the sea and he was driven to a hospital in a private vehicle.
- He died from massive blood loss before reaching definitive care, according to local reports and hospital staff.
- The beach is in a region with a long record of shark incidents—82 recorded since 1992, 27 fatal—with warning signs posted for swimmers.