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Eric Berger

Florida fisher dragged into water and killed by 12ft alligator

An alligator in the water.
Thirty-four people have been killed by alligators in Florida since 1948. Photograph: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

A man fishing at a pond in Florida was killed on Friday by an alligator that was almost 12ft long in a rare kind of animal attack, according to authorities and media reports.

Steve Hamilton, 71, was on the shoreline in the community of Winter Garden when the animal dragged him into the water, the Florida news outlet WOFL reported, citing local police and the state’s fish and wildlife conservation commission.

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