Alligator Kills 11-Year-Old Girl in Brazil

(AFP from NewsCore) – An alligator that killed an 11-year-old girl bathing in a creek in northern Brazil was shot dead by searchers with the victim still in its jaws, AFP reported Tuesday.

The 16-foot long animal grabbed the girl, identified as Gigliane do Nascimento Bira, when she was swimming with several people in the waterway near the town of Guajara Mirim on Sunday, during hot summer weather, the local newspaper Correio Popular de Rondonia said.

The girl's 16-year-old brother watched helplessly as she was dragged underwater by the 770 lb reptile.

Rescuers spotted and shot the alligator after a desperate seven-hour search. It still had the body of the girl in its mouth.