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| American family missing after Amazon river pirate attack in Brazil | |
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| Police in Brazil say an American couple and their two daughters have been missing since Sunday, when river pirates assaulted the boat taking them and other passengers to an island on the Amazon river delta. | Police in Brazil say an American couple and their two daughters have been missing since Sunday, when river pirates assaulted the boat taking them and other passengers to an island on the Amazon river delta. |
| The Pará state public safety department said a search was under way for the missing family. | The Pará state public safety department said a search was under way for the missing family. |
| It said on Tuesday that pirates forced the boat to dock and fled with the belongings they stole. When police arrived the Americans were not on the boat. | It said on Tuesday that pirates forced the boat to dock and fled with the belongings they stole. When police arrived the Americans were not on the boat. |
| Authorities identified the missing family as Adam Harris Harteau, 39; Emily Faith Harteau, 37; and their daughters aged three and seven. | |
| The family had recently been living in the southern Brazilian city of Florianópolis, officials said. They have been documenting their journey around South America on their Instagram feed. | |
| More details were not immediately available. The US embassy had no immediate comment. | More details were not immediately available. The US embassy had no immediate comment. |