serbian tourist killed shark in egypt

"We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere condolences and compassion. She will forever be remembered for her warm and humanly connecting way."

A security source also said the Austrian woman had been living in Egypt over the past five years with her Egyptian husband.

Ms Sauer was "barely alive" when she was taken to the hospital and despite efforts from medical staff, they were unable to resuscitate her.

A horrific video, which purports to be of the attack, has been widely shared on social media. In the video, people are watching from a pier as blood seeps into the water.

People are heard screaming as Ms Sauer is seen thrashing around in the water. Bystanders on the pier throw a flotation device towards her. Another video shared to Twitter shows Ms Sauer being taken to shore by people on the pier.

On Monday, it was reported the body of a second woman had been found hours later.

The body of a Romanian tourist was found just hours after Ms Sauer was attacked, sources confirmed to Reuters.

The attacks happened within just 600 metres of each other.

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Authorities shut down Red Sea beaches

Shark attacks in Egypt's Red Sea are relatively rare. In 2020, a young Ukrainian boy lost an arm and an Egyptian tour guide a leg in a shark attack.

In 2010, there was a spate of shark attacks in the region, which killed one European tourist and maimed several others off Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula, across the Red Sea from Hurghada, near where the recent attacks happened.

Due to the recent attacks, on Friday, the governor of the Red Sea province authorised the closure of all areas for three days, banning all "sea activities," including diving, snorkelling, windsurfing and kite sailing.

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Fishing boats were also banned from the waters off Hurghada.

Egypt's Red Sea resorts, including Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, are some of the country's major beach destinations and are popular with European tourists.

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Russian dies in shark attack off Egypt's Red Sea coast

CAIRO - A Russian man was killed on Thursday when a shark attacked him off the coast of Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, the authorities said.

“An attack by a tiger shark on a beachgoer... led to his death,” Egypt’s environment ministry posted on Facebook, without providing further details.

Russian media said the victim was a Russian national in his 20s, and video circulated on social media appearing to show the incident.

Russian Consul-General Viktor Voropayev told state-owned TASS news agency that the Egyptian authorities had confirmed to him the death of the Russian national, who was born in 1999.

“The victim was not a tourist, but a permanent resident of Egypt,” Mr Voropayev told the news agency.

Video footage said to be of the incident was widely circulated on social media in Egypt, showing a person struggling to escape from the shark.

Egypt’s environment ministry said a team had captured the shark “to inspect it”, saying it had displayed “abnormal behaviour... resulting in the incident”.

It said water activities would be suspended for two days starting on Friday, pointing to previous attacks on people by the same type of shark.

The Red Sea is a popular tourist destination, where sharks are common but rarely attack people who swim within authorised areas.

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Tiger shark clubbed to death after killing tourist in Egyptian resort Hurghada

A 10ft tiger shark was beaten to death after it killed a Russian tourist in the Egyptian resort of Hurghada.

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A tiger shark was clubbed to death in a savage revenge attack after the beast killed a tourist at a popular resort in the Red Sea.

Tourists watched in horror as Vladimir Popov, 23, was dragged under the water and mauled to death by the 10ft “meat grinder” shark in Egypt’s Hurghada.

Popov’s helpless dad Yury was watching from the shore as his son desperately screamed “papa, papa” while the predator hunted him.

Witnesses said the shark savaged Popov before toying with his body for a harrowing two hours in the water.

“It’s eating his remains now,” one witness can be heard saying in footage of the horrifying incident, the New York Post reported.

Footage then showed the beast being hauled out of the sea on a small boat in a net before being dumped on the beach and ferociously beaten.

The shark appeared to be alive as it writhed on the sand with a hook in its eye.

The video showed a man savagely smashing it over the head with what appeared to be a stick or a metal pole.

Egyptian authorities said they caught the shark that attacked the Russian man.

Researchers are now probing whether the shark was responsible to any previous incidents in the area.

Popov was on a long stay in Egypt - possibly avoiding the call up to Putin’s war in Ukraine.

His dad Yury told local media: “We went to the beach to relax. My son was attacked by a shark. It all happened in seconds.

“This meat grinder happened in 20 seconds... it is just some kind of evil fate.”

Initial reports suggested Popov was with his girlfriend at the time - but local media reports said she’s currently in Russia.

It’s understood a woman who was also in the water managed to escape.

The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed the death of a citizen from a shark attack.

When the incident happened, voices in the sea pleaded: “Swim away, swim away! Quick! A shark!”

One eyewitness said: “It was about seven metres from the shore.”

Another said: “The shark appeared, and immediately bit the man.

“He tried to swim away from the shark, but he couldn’t.

“It dragged the body for two hours. It constantly dragged him under the water.”

Russian tourists have been told to be vigilant in the popular resort and follow the instructions of hotel staff.

It comes after a 37-year-old tourist was ambushed by a shark at a Red Sea resort in Aqaba, Jordan, in June 2021.

The man was parasailing when he suddenly began to graze the ocean.

A shark then leapt from the water and chomped his leg - and the tourist miraculously managed to not get dragged beneath the water.

He was left brutally bitten and sustained serious injuries from the attack.

And in July last year, a tourist was mauled to death by a shark in Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt.

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The 68-year-old snorkeller had apparently told her partner she was just going back into the water “for a moment” before being killed.

Her lifeless body was pulled out of the sea after being located on a reef, according to horrified eyewitnesses.

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Russian citizen killed in horrifying shark attack in Egypt, captured on video

'it’s eating his remains now,' said one witness in russian as blood spread across the water.

A Russian man has died after being mauled by a shark off one of Egypt’s Red Sea resorts, Egyptian and Russian authorities said.

The man, named by Russian media as 23-year-old Vladimir Popov, was attacked by a tiger shark in the waters near the city of Hurghada, Egypt’s Environment Ministry said.

A video circulating online, purportedly of the attack, shows a man thrashing about in the water before being repeatedly attacked by a shark circling around him, then being dragged under.

“It’s eating his remains now,” said one witness in Russian as blood spread across the water, before the victim vanished.

The threat to people from sharks in the Red Sea is generally considered low, with Egyptian resorts popular for scuba diving, snorkeling and other water sports.

Authorities closed off a 74-kilometre (46-mile) stretch of the coastline, announcing it will remain off limits until Sunday.

The ministry later claimed it had caught the shark and was examining it in a laboratory to try to determine the reasons for the rare attack.

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The Russian Consulate in Hurghada identified the man as a Russian citizen but did not give his name.

“The Russian died as a result of a shark attack,” said the consul general, according to Russian outlet Tass, and warned citizens to be careful at sea.

Egypt’s Red Sea resorts, including Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh, boast some of the country’s most renowned beach destinations and are popular with European tourists.

Divers are attracted by the steep drop-offs of coral reefs just offshore, which offer a rich and colourful sea life.

Egypt has in recent years sought to revive the vital tourism sector, which has been hurt by years of political instability, the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

Tiger sharks are large species that reside in tropical and temperate waters and are among sharks most cited by the International Shark Attack File for unprovoked attacks on humans.

Fatal shark attacks are rare, with just 11 recorded in 2011, according to the International Shark Attack File run by the Florida Museum of Natural History.

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Killer shark that ate tourist at beach in Egypt caught and paraded by fishermen - who punch and kick its dead body

9 June 2023, 10:01 | Updated: 9 June 2023, 10:16

By Kieran Kelly

A shark that killed a Russian tourist in the sea off an Egyptian tourist resort has been caught by fishermen, who have been seen punching and kicking its dead body.

Vladimir Popov, 23, died after being attacked by a tiger shark near the city of Hurghada, Egypt's environment ministry has confirmed.

Mr Popov's father has spoken about how he was forced to watch his son being mauled to death by the tiger, as he screamed "papa, save me".

"We went to the beach to relax," Yury Popov told the 112 media outlet. "My son was attacked by a shark, it all happened in seconds."

"What kind of help can you give? This meat grinder happened in 20 seconds, he was just dragged under the water," he added.

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Mr Popov continued: "This is an absolutely ridiculous coincidence, because it is a safe beach. There are ships and yachts around. It's never happened there. They usually attack on wild beaches. It's just some kind of evil fate."

Footage taken after the attack appears to show the shark being caught by fishermen, who drag it ashore. They appear to attack the shark's dead body.

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Following its attack on a man in Egypt, the shark was pursued, captured, and subsequently brought to the shore. #Egypt #Shark #Viral pic.twitter.com/RrHMm0ewBj — Top Notch Journal (@topnotchjournal) June 9, 2023

A graphic video of the attack shows several people swimming away from the shark.

They all reach safety, other than Mr Popov, who is seen thrashing about in the water before being repeatedly attacked by a shark circling around him, then being dragged under.

Shark attacks are rare in the Red Sea coastal regions.

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However, in 2022 there were two fatal attacks in Hurghada within days, killing an Austrian and a Romanian tourist.

Egypt's Red Sea resorts, including Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh, boast some of the country's most renowned beach destinations and are popular with European tourists.

Divers are attracted by the steep drop-offs of coral reefs just offshore, which offer a rich and colourful sea life.

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A shark that attacked a Russian tourist is set to be mummified and displayed in an Egyptian museum.

Vladimir Popov, 23, was eaten alive by a shark off a beach at an Egyptian resort in Hurghada in June. The attack was filmed from the shore by horrified onlookers as the 23-year-old screamed: “Papa, save me!”

Some of Mr Popov’s body parts were recovered inside the shark’s stomach, while the rest were recovered by fishermen from the sea.

Specialists at the Institute of Marine Sciences and the Red Sea Reserves have now begun the embalming process in preparation for the shark being placed in the institute’s museum, according to local media reports.

Egyptian authorities said the shark was handed over to researchers to find out the causes of its behaviour and identify whether the animal is related to one that “caused several previous accidents”.

Following the attack on Mr Popov, who had been living in Egypt with his father for several months amid the war in Ukraine, the shark was caught and dragged to land by boat, before being clubbed to death on the beach “in revenge”.

Mr Popov’s father, Yury, told the 112 media outlet of his horror at his son being mauled to death by a shark.

“We went to the beach to relax,” he said. Mr Popov, who is originally from Russia , said the attack “happened in seconds”.

“This meat grinder happened in 20 seconds, he was just dragged under the water.

“This is an absolutely ridiculous coincidence, because it is a safe beach. There are ships and yachts around. It’s never happened there. They usually attack on wild beaches. It’s just some kind of evil fate.”

Mr Popov said he would cremate his son and return his ashes to Russia.

Describing the attack, a witness said: “At one point, the shark appeared, and immediately bit this man. Rescuers saw this and began to start the boat. He tried to swim away from the shark, but he couldn’t.

“And the shark dragged the body for two hours. It constantly dragged him under the water.”

Another woman is believed to have been pulled out of the water after being close to where Mr Popov was killed. It is not known if she was a relative of the 23-year-old.

Witnesses said the victim’s girlfriend had been in the water at the time of the attack. Russian reports say she is safe and has returned to Russia.

The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed the death of a citizen from a shark attack, the Daily Mail reported.

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