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Laura Sharman

British student 'on fringe of death' after horrific crocodile attack while rafting

A British teenager attacked by a crocodile while white water rafting in Zambia has won a bravery award after returning just months later.

Amelie Osborn-Smith was left fighting for life after her foot was nearly severed by the croc in the Zambezi river.

A friend eventually helped pull the 18-year-old from the creature's jaws, and she was then airlifted to hospital in Lusaka with serious leg injuries.

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