Tourist loses arm in shark attack on popular Red Sea beach “after swimmers mistook the predator for a tuna”
In June, a Russian tourist was killed by a tiger shark in Hurghada
A tourist in Egypt has lost an arm in a horrific shark attack after allegedly mistaking the predator for a tuna.
The tourist, who is reportedly from Alexandria, had to have her left arm amputated after she was bitten while swimming with a friend.
She was rescued unconscious from the sea and taken to hospital. Her condition was later described as “stable.”
Swimmers at Laguna Beach in Dahab reportedly initially mistook a shark for a tuna.
The video showed the dramatic moment of her rescue as she was taken to an ambulance.
Beachgoers fled the sea after the attack in the resort town of Dahab, about 36 miles north of Sharm el-Sheikh.
The woman was filmed being carried away from the beach and was later taken to hospital
The woman was taken from the beach at the popular Red Sea resort in Egypt
Despite sightings, a two-hour search using harpoons reportedly failed to locate the shark.
The beach in southern Sinai was closed by authorities after the attack.
In August, a shark was spotted in the waters off the Egyptian resort of Dahab, leading to a temporary ban on swimming at the time, but this has since been reopened.
The attack on the woman follows an incident in June when 23-year-old Russian tourist Vladimir Popov was mauled to death by a tiger shark in Hurghada.
One theory is that he was killed by a predator that had also fatally attacked tourists a year earlier.
Tourists watched in horror from the shore as the animal wounded the man before dragging him underwater. His desperate girlfriend managed to escape.
The tourist was on an extended stay in Egypt and had moved to a resort with his father a few months ago.
His father watched in horror as the deadly attack, which was also filmed from the shore, occurred.
The file image shows a Caribbean reef shark. The woman in Egypt lost her arm after the attack
During a two-hour search of the area (pictured), the person being sought was not found, even after reported sightings
In July last year, 68-year-old Austrian Elisabeth Sauer was attacked in front of horrified onlookers – 15 minutes after English-speaking guests warned Egyptian lifeguards about sharks
A second woman, who was only a Romanian citizen in her 40s, was said to have been killed in a similar attack just 650 feet from where Sauer died. Her badly disfigured remains were found on a nearby reef the same day.
