Austrian woman dies after shark attack in Egypt

An Austrian woman died on Friday in the Egyptian city of

, the most famous of the Egyptian Red Sea coast, after suffering a shark attack while swimming in the area, one of the most recognized places in the world for diving. .

Medical sources in the area confirmed to Efe that the 68-year-old Austrian woman, identified by the acronym ES, died

while being treated at the hospital, an arrest that occurred due to "terror" caused by the shark.

The death was also confirmed by the Austrian Foreign Ministry, according to media from the European country.

The Egyptian authorities, as well as the media of the Arab country, have not mentioned the incident, despite the fact that a video is circulating on social networks

while some tourists Russians try to throw ropes into the water to rescue her.

According to the story published by the Austrian media, the woman was bitten and

and died of cardiac arrest as a result of her injuries.

That extreme, however, was not confirmed by the Egyptian authorities, who

Onlookers around the ambulance that has treated the tourist.EM

Egypt depends on tourism

to prop up its weak economy, and has in the Red Sea a pole of attraction for thousands of tourists, mostly from Russia or Eastern European countries.

The attack zone is a

due to its warm and transparent waters full of aquatic life, in a desert environment of great natural beauty.

The Covid-19 and later the Russian invasion of Ukraine have hit the area hard, which remains attractive due to its relatively low prices.

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