Eighteen-year-old female killed in Brazil shark attack An eighteen-year-old tourist has died in hospital after a shark attack. Doctors amputated her leg, but were unable to save her after she lost a large amount of blood. Last week, a 15-year-old girl was killed after a shark ripped her in two while she was swimming just five metres off shore at Reunion Island. Coast guards search for the remains of a 15 year old girl who was attacked and killed by a shark last week off Reunion Island. She was the fifth person to be killed by sharks on the island since 2011. In May, 36-year-old French honeymooner Stephane Berhamel was killed while surfing off the island, as his horrified new wife watched from shore.