Lepaz: A teenage swimmer has been eaten alive by piranhas after he leaped into a Bolivian river infested with the fish. The unnamed 18-year-old boy was drunk when he jumped out of a canoe in the town of Rosario del Yata, 400 miles north of the capital of La Paz. Guayaramerin police officer Daniel Cayaya said the teen bled to death after the attack, which happened last Thursday. The incident emerged yesterday when it was reported by Erbol, a local radio station. Cayaya said
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the police suspect suicide because the teenager was a fisherman in the region who knew the Yata river well. With razor sharp teeth, piranhas hunt in packs, stripping a body of its flesh in minutes. Despite their fearsome reputation, fatal attacks by piranhas on humans are rare. Read Full: Drunk teen eaten alive by Fish | Siasat
