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February 27, 2006

A 15-year-old Kihei girl was attacked by a shark yesterday afternoon -- the second time in less than a week in which a person has been bitten by a shark in South Maui waters.

Maui police Sgt. Natalie Ching said a shark's teeth marks were visible as the girl lay on a table at the beach after she had been bitten on her right calf.

The attack happened near the shoreline in about one to three feet of murky water at Makena State Park at 4:39 p.m., Ching said.

The girl was taken by ambulance to Maui Memorial Medical Center, where she was treated yesterday evening in the emergency room.

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