Tourist dies in Egypt shark attack after beaches reopened following two earlier maulings

AFP ^ | December 06, 2010

[george76]

A GERMAN woman tourist has been killed in the third shark attack in a week at Egypt's popular Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Mohammed Salem, director of South Sinai Conservation, said the woman died after a shark attacked her while she was snorkelling in Naama Bay, only one day after Sharm el-Sheikh reopened its beaches following two other attacks in which Russians were mauled.

Government conservation experts said on Friday they captured two sharks, an oceanic whitetip and a mako, which they believed had mauled two Russian women swimmers last Tuesday and Wednesday.

The resort's mayor, Gamal al-Mahdi, said the beaches were reopened after authorities deemed there was no further threat off the coast, which attracts between three and four million tourists a year.

However, an Egyptian NGO warned on Saturday that at least one of the sharks thought to be behind the attacks was still at large.

[Gapplega]

I’ve always wanted to go to Australia, but with the long flight, the funnelweb spider, box jellyfish, all of those nasty poisonous snakes and crocodiles, i think i might pass on it. I’m rather unlucky. I enjoy Deutschland in August. That’s enough adventure for me. lol.

[cricket]

. . .but with the long flight, the funnelweb spider, box jellyfish, all of those nasty poisonous snakes and crocodiles, i think i might pass on it. I’m rather unlucky. I enjoy Deutschland in August. That’s enough adventure for me. lol.

Sounds good. Getting out of one's 'box' is all it takes - and that can even be 'by book' of course; sans ticket.

Truth is, as bad as these things are - critters, et al; the reality is; if one reads what is lurking in our own back yard; it might serve as a warning. . .at least to visitors./lol