Wife survives harpoon horror

A Brazilian woman miraculously survived after her husband accidentally shot her in the mouth with a harpoon.

The Rio de Janeiro State Health Department said Elisangela Borborema Rosa’s husband was cleaning his spear gun when it went off, firing a harpoon that hit her cervical spine.

Ms Rosa, 28, was rushed to hospital and underwent emergency surgery after the incident in the coastal city of Arraial do Cabo.