www.skynews.com 5th December 2010
Quoted from source:
‘A German tourist has been killed by a shark off Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. It is the third such attack in the same waters in a week. One of the victims, a swimmer, had an arm bitten off while another lost a foot. Two sharks were caught – an oceanic whitetip and a mako – earlier this week and the beaches were reopened by officials. However, experts had warned that there was at least one shark still at large. Officials have confirmed that a German woman tourist has now been mauled and killed while snorkelling in Naama Bay. Mohammed Salem, director of South Sinai Conservation, said she died a day after Sharm el-Sheikh reopened its beaches. “There has been a death unfortunately. She was a German lady. We have taken everyone out of the water,” he said. The previous victims were Russians and a Ukrainian. The resort’s mayor, Gamal al-Mahdi, said the beaches had initially been reopened after authorities determined there was no further threat off the coast. Up to four million tourists – including many Britons – visit the Red Sea coast every year.’
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