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British tourist’s foot bitten off during snorkelling trip in Australia

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Two British men in their 20s have been seriously injured in a shark attack while swimming at Australia’s popular Whitsunday Islands.

Alistair Raddon, from Southampton, lost his right foot, while Danny Maggs, from Plymouth, was left with a severed calf following the incident on Tuesday morning, the BBC reports.

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