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Large alligator kills girl in Brazil

13:28 AEST Tue Feb 9 2010

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Gigliane do Nascimento Bira was killed by the gator.

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An alligator that killed an 11-year-old girl bathing in a creek in northern Brazil has been shot dead by searchers with the victim still in its jaws, reports say.

The 5m-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 on Monday.

The girl's 16-year-old brother watched helplessly as she was dragged underwater by the 350kg reptile.

The disappearance triggered a frantic search, with firefighters and other emergency crew searching through the water to find the girl.

Brazilian media reported the massive caiman alligator was shot eight times with a 12-gauge shotgun with the lifeless body of the girl still in its mouth.

She was buried by her family on Monday.

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