A six-year-old girl is facing surgery in hospital after she was attacked by a shark off a beach in Texas.
Marin Melton was bitten as she floated in a pink rubber ring with her father and older brother near Pirates Beach in Galveston on Tuesday evening.
She was rushed to the University of Texas Medical Branch where she is said to be in a stable condition after reportedly being bitten on her left leg.
Her father, Matthew Melton, from Texas, wrote on Facebook that his 'sweet' daughter was recovering from the attack and was due to undergo surgery.
Mr Melton earlier told officials that the shark was around 3 to 4ft long and was a white-bellied shark.
Earlier this month, British grandmother Doreen Collyer died after being attacked by a 16ft great white shark in western Australia
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