Florida woman swimming in river killed in rare alligator attack at state forest

Officials say 31-year-old woman's arm was severed in attack at a river in Seminole county's Little Big Econ forest

A woman swimming in a Florida river was killed recently in a rare alligator attack that severed one of her arms, state officials said.

The deadly attack took place at Seminole county's Little Big Econ state forest, about 25 miles north-east of Orlando, on Sunday as the 31-year-old victim was in the Econlockhatchee River.