A real drama happened in the Red Sea in Egypt.
Two tourists, an Austrian and a Romanian, have been killed by a shark near Hurghada, where authorities have closed several beaches since the incident.
"Two women were attacked by a shark while swimming in the Sahel Hachich region, south of Hurghada," Egypt's environment ministry said on Sunday, adding that an investigation had been opened.
“All activity is prohibited for three days” on the beaches in the south of Hurghada (southeast), indicated Friday an order from the governor of the region, Amr Hanafi.
The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has for its part confirmed “the death of an Austrian national in Egypt”.
A victim with "left arm torn off"
The governor's decree mentions an “Austrian tourist having had her left arm torn off” by a shark.
According to the Austrian press agency APA, the victim, originally from the western region of Tyrol, was 68 years old and had been on vacation in Egypt since the beginning of June with his Egyptian companion.
For its part, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that its embassy in Egypt had "been informed by telephone (Sunday) by a travel agent of the death of a Romanian citizen on vacation in Hurghada".
“According to information provided by the Egyptian authorities after investigation, the Romanian citizen was killed in a shark attack”.
Sharks in the Red Sea very rarely attack swimmers if they do not exceed the authorized limits.
In 2018 a Czech tourist was killed by a shark off an Egyptian beach in the Red Sea, as was a German in 2015 and in 2010 a German woman died and four other tourists were seriously injured in attacks of sharks off a beach in Sharm el-Sheikh, the most famous of Egyptian seaside resorts.
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