Monday, 6 December 2010
EPA
The Egyptian Environment Ministry claimed to have killed the shark last week
A German woman was killed yesterday by a shark at the Sinai's most popular Red Sea resort only a day after the Egyptian authorities had declared the waters safe in the wake of a series of other attacks.
In an attack uncomfortably reminiscent of the plot line from the film Jaws, the tourist, reportedly aged about 70, died after the shark tore at her arm as she swam off the coast of Sharm el Sheikh. The resort attracts an estimated three million holidaymakers a year – many from Britain – because of the spectacularly rich variety of marine life enjoyed by divers and snorkellers.
Beaches had been closed to tourists for 48 hours at the end of last week after the mauling of at least three tourists from the former Soviet Union.
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