The shark bit the hands of a 55-year-old tourist who tried to grab her and make a selfie. The incident occurred on the resort islands of Terks and Kaikos in the Caribbean Sea. Daily Mail writes about this.
A woman, presumably a Canadian citizen, was just a few meters from the shore when the predator attacked her.
According to local authorities, a 55-year-old woman went through shallow water, trying to "
Witnesses said that at that moment the woman was nearby, and that her husband "
According to local authorities, the length of the shark was about two meters, and the view is still unknown. Unconfirmed network messages suggest that it was a bull shark.
“I was there for 40 minutes, and this was still ongoing,” one of the eyewitnesses said to the local news site after a bloody attack.
A man who claims that he was a relative of a woman, said that she was able to return to the shore after a bite. She was also bitten into her thigh, he added, but did not lose her leg.
At the same time, according to eyewitnesses, her husband desperately tried to fight off the shark who continued to circle and tried to bite a woman again.
Police and representatives of environmental authorities confirmed the fact of the attack. And they recommended local residents and tourists not to go to the ocean until the end is announced.
It is reported that the woman was amputated one hand on the wrist, and the other - in the middle of the forearm. Now she, as reported, receives medical care in Canada.
According to the International Register of Akula (ISAF) of the Florida Natural History, the sharks bites in the waters of the Terks Islands and Kaikos are relatively rare: last year only one unprovided attack was recorded that did not end with fatal outcome.
In 2023, an American engaged in an underwater swimming off the coast of the archipelago, a shark bit his leg.
In the area of \u200b\u200bthe islands of Terks and Kaikos, many species of sharks live, including gray rifting sharks, sharks-nyannek, tiger sharks, sharks-byki and sharks-young people.
In her statement this week, ISAF said that " All over the world, only 47 unprovided attacks were recorded, which is 22 less than in the previous year "
Recall that only recently scientists managed to find out which underwater " Her corpse was caught off the coast of Australia.