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Two
teenagers were injured in separate shark attacks on the same stretch of
North Carolina beach today, according to local officials.
A teenage girl lost part of her left arm and might lose part of her left leg, said Betty Wallace, the mayor of Oak Island, N.C., WECT-TV reported. Just hours after the first attack, a teenage boy also lost an arm after he was bitten by a shark, Wallace said.
Both victims were airlifted after the separate attacks, WECT-TV reported.
The girl was reportedly visiting relatives from out of town, according to the Associated Press.
Further details on the victims were not immediately available. The attacks happened off the coast of Oak Island, about 30 minutes south of Wilmington, N.C.
The county sheriff's office is patrolling the coast in a helicopter, and swimmers were urged to exit the water after the attacks, Wallace said.
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