Teen bleeds to death after shark has bitten his penis off

recife - A teenager who was attacked when he swam in the sea in Brazil is surviving his wounds. On Sunday afternoon, a shark bit off his penis and thigh.

The 18-year-old Jose Ernesto da Silva swam in the water at Piedade Beach near Recife in north-eastern Brazil. Just at the moment that lifeguards signaled that he should come ashore, he was attacked.

Jose died in the hospital. On the way he got two heart attacks.

The young man's left leg was still amputated and his veins were still attached to his genitals during a three-hour operation, but without success. He had already lost too much blood. The victim died a few hours later.

His mother had said that he was not allowed to swim. In April, a 34-year-old tourist lost his leg when he was attacked at the same beach.

'When I heard it I went crazy', mother Elisangela dos Anjos (42) told local media, 'The neighbors heard me scream. He had secretly gone. '