Piranhas injure 60 in Xmas Day attack in Rosario, Argentina
PIRANHAS on a Christmas Day feeding frenzy injured some 60 people in the Argentine city of Rosario, officials said.
Those injured in the attack Wednesday by the ferocious fish included a girl who lost part of a finger, Health Undersecretary Gabriela Quintanilla told reporters.
Quintanilla said the attack occurred on Wednesday off the coast of Rosario, some 310 kilometres north of Buenos Aires.
A medical official, Gustavo Centurion, said the attack which began at mid-moing on Christmas Day was \"very aggressive.\"
\"There were some people that the fish literally had to bits of flesh from,\" he said.
The region has been hit by a heat wave with temperatures soaring to some 38 degrees Celsius prompting thousands to seek relief in the waters of the Parana River, which is packed with caivorous fish.
Officials said the unusually warm weather also was apparently responsible for the fish congregating on the river's surface before the attack.
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