Tourist dies in an Egyptian shark attack
December 6th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattCairo, Dec 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Egyptian authorities have announced that a 70-year-old German tourist has been killed by a shark in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.
The woman was killed after her arm was torn from her during the shark attack. The latest attack follows several of such cases of shark attacks in the area in five days. Immediately after the attack, two sharks were pulled from the waters around where the attack happened and killed.
The attacks have prompted the Egyptian authorities to close some of the beaches around the areas. The attacks have as such frightened most of the tourists that frequents the resorts.
Experts have blamed tourists for inciting the shark attacks. Tourists have been accused of throwing food into the waters to lure more fishes to come closer so that they may have a closer look at them. That unfortunately has also lured the sharks closer to the beaches as well.
Egypt’s Chamber of Diving and Watersports issued a statement following the incident. The statement blamed “illegal fishing or feeding in the area” for the attacks.
The attacks were blamed on the whitetip ocean sharks that were lured onto the beaches.
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