New state of emergency in Egypt: German tourist dies from shark bites
05.12.2010 16:25
A tourist from Germany fell victim to another shark attack in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh in the Naama Bay area, the woman died from the bites of a predatory animal and loss of blood, reported on Sunday the Egyptian internet portal Masrawi.
The attack on a foreign tourist occurred the day after the Egyptian authorities lifted the ban on swimming in the Red Sea in the waters of Sharm El Sheikh, introduced last Wednesday after a series of shark attacks on vacationers near the coast. Two predators during the search, organized by the Ministry of Ecology and the Ministry of Tourism of Egypt, were caught. Experts researched them, to confirm the fact that these animals attacked tourists.
Further searches for sharks were unsuccessful, and the South Sinai administration on Saturday decided to allow swimming in the Red Sea. However, in the evening on the same day, information appeared in the Egyptian media that, what, least, one shark, attacking vacationers in Sharm el-Sheikh, was not caught and still threatens the life and health of foreign citizens.