Four Russian tourists have been attacked by a shark while swimming in the Red Sea close to their Egyptian beach hotels.
then the dailymail claims,
A female French tourist was attacked and killed by a shark
while diving in a remote site off Egypt's Red Sea coast today.
It was the first fatal shark attack in the Arab country for five years, state media and a French embassy official said.
The woman's leg showed visible bite marks, and medics said she probably bled to death before being lifted to the surface.
A French female tourist has fallen victim to the first fatal shark attack in Egypt for five years. She was diving off the Red Sea coast when it happened (file photo)
French embassy spokesman Jean-Marie Safa said: '
I can confirm that there is one French citizen killed by a shark in the Red Sea south of Marsa Alam.'Marsa Alam is a remote southern dive spot on the Red Sea coast frequented by tourists hoping to avoid the crowds at more popular sites in the Sinai peninsula, where tourists flock in large numbers for the colourful coral reefs.
'This very rarely happens. It seems that the victim aggravated the shark or presented it with food, which caused a change in the shark's behaviour,' Amr Ali, the president of the Society for the Preservation of the Red Sea Environment, said.
Sharks are common in the area and tourists often take pictures, but attacks are rare.
The last person killed by a shark in Egypt was reportedly attacked while snorkelling near the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in 2004.
Egypt's Environment Ministry is looking to set up a natural reserve for the sharks near Marsa Alam, where it already has a similar reserve for dolphins.
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1190366/Tourist-dies-Egypts-fatal-shark-attack-years.html#ixzz16xLrz3upand these are not the only sharks that attack the tourists.
but because the sea sharks protect their territory a story breaks out.
I hope the person has a good insurance because she is going to get one hefty bill. one helicopter to Cairo plus 1000£ per night in hospital bed fees, its an act of god they will say.
is this true
A man was attacked by a shark just 40 ft from shore at beach resort in Egypt. James Elliott, 26, was having a swim in the waters off the Sharm El Sheikh resort in Egypt when he felt something grab his leg. During the frenzied attack, Elliott, suffered severe injuries, including a severed Achille’s tendon.
He was saved by a passing boat but may never walk properly again.
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Officials in Egypt have tracked down the shark responsible for THREE attacks along its coastline – but will not kill it, it was revealed today.
Authorities in the resort of Nama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh, reported an adult oceanic white tip shark was responsible for injuring three Russian tourists in attacks during the last 24-hours.
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism released a statement to all anxious British holidaymakers in the region yesterday.
They reported that they had tracked down the shark, but were trying to catch it and release it back into a remote area of the Gulf of Suez.
They added the resort – popular with thousands of Brits each year – had suspended all diving and water sports until Friday.
A statement read: “The MoT has announced that all beaches will be closed to the public and all water sports activities will be suspended until the end of the day tomorrow (2/12) along the whole of the Sharm el Sheikh coast.
“It has been reported that three Russian tourists have been attacked in three separate incidents in the last 24 hours in an area north of Nama Bay.
“The victims, one male and two females, are currently being treated in hospital.
“Officials from the South Sinai National Park have tracked down the shark in question – confirmed to be an adult oceanic white tip shark.
“The South Sinai National Park authority are currently attempting to capture the shark with the aim of releasing it back into the wild in a remote area in the Gulf of Suez.
“The chosen location will be in a safe distance from any tourist resorts in the Red Sea.”
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(AP) An oceanic white tip shark badly mauled four Russian tourists swimming close to their beach hotels in two separate attacks at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, a local conservation official said on Wednesday.
Director of Sinai Conservation Mohammed Salem said the shark attacked two Russians swimming
in the Ras Nasrani area near the famed Sharm el-Sheikh resort in the Sinai Peninsula and bit their arms off.
The same shark may also have been involved in an attack on another pair of Russians on Tuesday swimming close to the resort beach, he added.
The shark badly injured a middle-aged woman's legs and back and bit off her hand. She had a heart attack and had to be resucitated at the hospital.
The second victim, a 70-year-old woman was found with her right hand and left leg torn off.
Diving instructor Hassan Salem (no related to Mohammed Salem) said he was on a dive at the same time of the attack and was circled by the same shark before it went after the couple.
"I was able to scare the shark away by blowing bubbles in its face, but then saw it swim to a woman and bite her legs," he told The Associated Press.
Salem said the water turned red with the blood from the attack, and he rushed to take the diver he was training out of the water.
All four victims were flown to Cairo for medical treatment and were in critical condition.
A spokesman for the Russian embassy in Cairo confirmed that two Russians were attacked Tuesday, but he was only aware of a single Ukranian involved in a shark attack the following day. The discrepancy could not be immediately explained.
Mohammed Salem said coast guard authorities were hunting for the shark and have issued a warning for swimmers to stay out of the water in Sharm el-Sheikh, a famed scuba diving destination.
He said Egypt sees one to two fatal shark attacks a year and they increase as the number of tourists and swimmers in the water rises.
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, will boycott runoff parliamentary elections scheduled for Sunday, a member of the party said Wednesday.
Mohamed Beltagy, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and a former legislative candidate, said the boycott is a protest against irregularities in the first round of voting last Sunday.
The party was wiped out Sunday, going from 88 seats in the legislature to zero.
Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party won 217 seats in the first round of voting, the semi-official Al-Ahram newspaper said.
The opposition parties won a mere handful of seats in the 508-seat parliament.
Twenty-seven candidates affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood qualified for runoff elections. Muslim Brotherhood candidates run as independents because the group is illegal under to Egyptian law, which bans parties based on religion.
The runoff will involve 377 candidates from the National Democratic Party of longtime President Hosni Mubarak.
On Tuesday, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama criticized the elections, saying there had been "numerous reported irregularities" and "restrictions on basic freedoms."
National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer called the reports "worrying" and said the United States is "disappointed."
Critics had predicted that Sunday's race would be tainted by fraud and intimidation, but the government declared it "a success."
Egypt's official MENA news service reported that 6,000 members of 76 civil groups monitored the elections. The country rejected international monitoring of the vote as interference in its internal affairs.
Egyptian election commission spokesman Sameh al-Kashef said Tuesday that, although the committee had received numerous complaints, irregularities did not affect the results of the election.
The complaints included reports of riots, fraud and forgery, denying citizens their right to vote, and difficulties faced by the media. There were riots in 16 constituencies, he said.
He said voter turnout was 35 percent.
Various opposition groups have accused the ruling National Democratic Party of using its power to suppress voices critical of Mubarak's nearly three-decade rule. The ruling party has dismissed the accusations.
he haw, he haw ,
DID YOU VOTE I ASKED ONE MAN.
NO WHY SHOULD I VOTE FOR THE PRE ELECTED .
WHAT DO YOU MEAN I ASKED.
WITH ANGER IN HIS FACE, HE SAID, WE KNOW WHO WINS!
SOON WE WILL HAVE A NEW KING,
ELECTED BY HIS FATHERS REGIME. AND THAT IS WHAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN LUXOR THINK.
YOU ARE A FREE PERSON MR, WOULD YOU STAND UP AGAINST THIS REGIME.
I HAD NO ANSWER. BECAUSE I KNOW HOW CORRUPT THIS COUNTRY IS.
AND TODAY I FOUND OUT WHY THESE PEOPLE HATE AMERICA.
ONE GUY SAID BARAK OBAMAS HEAD IS SO FAR UP HOSNI'S ARSE HIS breath SMELLS OF THE SHIT.
YOU CANT SAY THINGS LIKE THAT, I SAID.
OH YES I CAN , I CAN TELL
YOU BUT NO ONE ELSE. AS FEAR GRIPS THIS COUNTRY
THEY WILL HAVE THE ELECTIONS, EACH ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES KNOW WHAT SIDE TO STAY ON.
WELL WHO WOULD YOU VOTE FOR? .IF IT WAS A FREE CHOICE!,I ASKED NO ONE WE ARE IN BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, ONE IS AS BAD AS THE OTHER, WE ARE IN A NO WIN SITUATION,
THE BROTHERHOOD WILL KILL THIS COUNTRY. AND THE OTHER HAS ALREADY GOT A STRANGLE HOLD ON IT. GOD HELP THE PEOPLE of EGYPT.
THEN ANOTHER MAN SPOKE OUT.
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY SPENDING ON, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS COME TO EGYPT THROUGH THE TOURIST AND MONEY HELP.( WHAT THEY CALL AID)
AND I LEFT IT AT THAT. AS I HEADED FOR HOME ONE GUY CAME AND WALKED WITH ME. AND HIS FEAR WAS. WE ARE HEADING FOR A REVOLUTION.