(TAN): In a rare shark attack at Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, a 12-year-old Ukrainian tourist lost an arm and an Egyptian tour guide lost a leg, reported The Telegraph, UK.
The attack took place when two tourists — a mother and son — and their tour guide were snorkelling in Ras Mohammed National Park, the environment ministry said.
Initial investigation revealed that the attack involved a two-metre Oceanic Whitetip shark.
Ukraine’s State Agency for the Development of Tourism said that the boy was in intensive care, and that surgery had failed to save his arm. The Telegraph UK quoted an Egyptian health official as saying that the family’s guide had lost a leg, and the mother suffered light injuries.
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The area of Ras Mohammed National Park where the attack took place has been closed off.
Shark attacks have been rare in the Red Sea coastal region of Egypt in recent years. But in 2010, a spate of shark attacks killed one European tourist off Sharm el-Sheikh.
Sharm el-Sheikh resort at the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula is one of Egypt’s major tourist destinations that offers European tourists a warm and quick escape from frigid winter temperatures on the continent.
