Woman Shot Through Neck With Harpoon Has Lucky Escape

A WOMAN escaped death by a centimetre after her husband accidentally shot her in the mouth with a HARPOON. 

Elisangela Borborema Rosa was hit by the spear after it went off while her husband was cleaning it.

The weapon hit her cervical spine and nearly killed Elisangela, neurosurgeon Allan da Costa said.

The 28-year-old was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery following the incident in Arraial do Cabo, Brazil.

She is expected to make a full recovery.

Police said they are investigating the case but don’t believe Elisangela’s husband tried to murder her.

A police spokeswoman said: “Everything indicates it was an accident but we are investigating.

“We don’t think the husband tried to kill her. But once she fully recovers we will be able to question her and get a clearer picture of what happened.” 

Final Embrace In The Rubble of Factory in Bangladesh

Touching image of couple found embracing in the rubble of collapsed factory is shared around the world

A HAUNTING image has emerged of a couple who perished in the Bangladesh factory collapse – clutching each other as they died.

With rubble, dust and metal strewn around, the lifeless woman is seen doubled backwards as the man tenderly wraps his arms around her.

Reams of light-blue clothing material – which would have been made in the garment factory – wrap around the wreckage as a trail of blood runs from the man's eyes.

More than 900 people are now known to have died – with around 2,500 people injured – in last month's collapse of the factory near Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.

Rescuers today pulled 94 bodies from the ruins of the eight-storey Rana Plaza – where some of the clothes were made for Western retailers.

The industrial catastrophe in Savar sparked mass protests, with many workers claiming they were forced to work by the owners despite huge cracks appearing in the building.

Rescuers plan to wrap up their operation tomorrow before bulldozers move in to shift the rubble.

The heart-wrenching shot of the couple was captured by local photographer Taslima Akhter, who said: “I have tried desperately, but have yet to find any clues about them.

"I don’t know who they are or what their relationship is with each other.

“I spent the entire day the building collapsed on the scene, watching as injured garment workers were being rescued from the rubble.

“I remember the frightened eyes of relatives — I was exhausted both mentally and physically.

“Around 2am, I found a couple embracing each other in the rubble.

"The lower parts of their bodies were buried under the concrete. The blood from the eyes of the man ran like a tear.

“When I saw the couple, I couldn’t believe it. I felt like I knew them — they felt very close to me.

Taslima added: “Every time I look back to this photo, I feel uncomfortable — it haunts me.

"It’s as if they are saying to me, we are not a number — not only cheap labor and cheap lives. We are human beings like you.”

Bangladesh has one of the largest garment industries in the world but has faced repeated criticism over low pay and its factories’ often dangerous working conditions.

Even last night, at least eight people were killed in a fire that swept through a knitwear plant in nearby Dhaka.

A number of officials – including the Rana Plaza's owner – have been arrested since the factory collapse and charged with causing deaths by negligence.

Mysterious Sea Monsters of New Zealand

‘Sea monster’ found washed ashore on New Zealand beach

MYSTERY surrounds the discovery of a “sea monster” which has washed ashore in New Zealand.

With rows of jagged teeth, a gaping jaw and its guts torn out, the beast’s 30-foot-long mutilated carcass was found half-buried in sand on a popular stretch of coast. It has sparked a frantic guessing game as locals on Pukehina Beach – about 120 miles south-east of Auckland – try to fathom what the creature from the deep is.

 Theories range from a killer whale to saltwater crocodile, giant moray eel, some sort of dolphin, or something more prehistoric.

In a YouTube video, Elizabeth Ann asked last month if anyone could identify it, adding: “It has a huge head and teeth with rudimentary flippers.

 “It seems about 9m in length but the lower part of the body is probably mainly entrails from an attack.”

Marine mammal expert Anton van Helden dismissed claims it was some sort of dinosaur, saying the animal’s fin structure suggested it was a killer whale, which are common in the Bay of Plenty.