A shark mauled to death a German woman tourist snorkelling off Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday, in the third shark attack in Egypt's popular Red Sea resort in a week, local officials told AFP. Mohammed Salem, director of South Sinai Conservation, said she died after a shark attacked her in Naama Bay, only one day after Sharm el-Sheikh reopened its beaches following two other attacks in which Russians were mauled.
"There has been a death unfortunately. She was a German lady. We have taken everyone out of the water," he said.
Medical officials said the woman was pulled out of the water dead after the shark had mauled her thigh and arm. Government conservation experts said on Friday they captured two sharks, an oceanic whitetip and a mako, which they believed had mauled the two Russian swimmers last Tuesday and Wednesday. A Ukrainian suffered bruising on coral. Government workers had dumped chum in the water to bait the two sharks.