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SÃO PAULO — Surgeons removed a 6-inch fishing spear from the brain of a man who was struck while diving off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, doctors said Sunday.
Emerson de Oliveira Abreu apparently fired the spear, which ricocheted off rocks and penetrated his own head so deeply that only the tip was showing, family members and authorities said.
The spear entered above Abreu’s left eye and missed the most critical areas of his brain, said Dr. Manoel Moreira. Abreu is not likely to suffer major, lasting damage, doctors said.
