Bathers injured in piranha attack in Argentina

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A shoal of biting fish injured more than 70 bathers who were cooling off at a popular beach during a holiday heatwave in Argentina, a medical official said on Thursday.

A seven-year-old girl had her finger partially amputated and dozens more were bitten on their extremities by the fish, a relative of the piranha, said Federico Cornier, director of emergency services in the city of Rosario.

"This is not normal," Cornier told TV reporters. "It's normal for there to be an isolated bite or injury, but the magnitude in this case was great … this is an exceptional event."

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