Egypt’s Environment Ministry announced on Sunday, July 3, that another woman died as a result of a shark attack in the Hurghada region in the south of the country.
“As soon as information was received that two women were attacked by sharks while swimming in Sahl Hasheesh, south of Hurghada, a special team was formed to investigate why.
The Governor of the Red Sea, Amr Hanafi, has decided to ban all human activities in the region in accordance with international protocols and regulations regarding the investigation of shark attacks on humans.
Details of the second shark attack have not yet been released. remember 1st of July perish Elisabeth Squire, 68, Austrian citizen: A shark bit her arm and leg. The woman died of pain on the way to the hospital. Doctors performed resuscitation, but could not restore the work of his heart.
Swimming, diving and fishing are currently prohibited in the Sahl Hasheesh area up to Makadi Bay. The Egyptian authorities formed a working group with the participation of oceanologists to quickly secure the waters of the bay. TourDom.ru.
Russian Consulate General in Hurghada asks Tourists must be vigilant while in the water, strictly abide by the Egyptian authorities’ bans on swimming, diving and fishing in the high seas and offshore, and strictly obey the signs of hotel staff and coast guards. request to land.
who was the victim
How did you find “socialbites.ca”Another may have been killed by a tourist shark attack from Romania. According to preliminary data, the woman found on Sunday was the first victim, as she was discovered missing from the hotel two days ago. This was told to our publication by a Russian woman, Zhanna, who lives in Hurghada.
“The second woman was resting at the nearby Premiere Le Reve hotel, absent from the room for two days. Found on corals 300 meters from the first case, all tortured, Romanian citizen, ”she said.
Zhanna added that despite the three-day swimming ban after the incident, the beaches in the Hurghada region were not closed. “After the first victim, no one closed the beaches. I swam freely yesterday and today. As usual, they wanted to hide it, but got confused after learning about the second victim. An expert working group was formed to find out the reasons for the sharks’ behavior. The Russian consulate warned Russian tourists. There is no particular panic, residents both swam and washed. Let’s see how the governor of the Red Sea will react. They do not want to lose tourists, but they do nothing for it, ”says the Russian woman.
Lyudmila, another Hurghada resident, told Gazeta.ru that despite the danger of shark attack, people continue to swim in the sea.
“Hotels warn people that it is not safe to swim, but all the lagoons are full of swimmers. Many tourists are afraid. But most people are not afraid of anything. Locals swim too. Its inhabitants and even more,” he said.
“You can’t even rinse your legs”
Later it became clear that the Egyptian authorities were still working. close Hurghada beaches – reported by this TV channel REN referring to a Russian woman who is currently at the resort.
The woman said that the beach was fenced off with a special tape. Tourists are warned that shark attacks can occur not only at depth, but also near the shore.
“You can’t even rinse your legs, because yesterday we were told that sharks can not only grab at depth, but also ankles,” the tourist said.
What prompted sharks to start preying on humans
Experts intend to thoroughly understand the reasons for this behavior of sharks, which under normal conditions do not tend to attack people. Experts say that despite all the danger and aggression of the marine predator, its attack on humans must be provoked by some abnormal external factors: some unusual and unusual phenomenon, a malnutrition that forces sharks to come ashore and hunt humans, experts say. .
“Sharks are very conservative in their diet and prefer to eat a variety of sea creatures, especially tuna, squid, shellfish, as well as food waste from galleys from passing ships.
A person is not included in the traditional food chain, so cases of targeted attacks on a person by marine predators are rare, ”explain ichthyologists.
The most tragic event in recent years occurred at the end of 2010 in Sharm el-Sheikh, another popular Egyptian resort. Russians and a Ukrainian were seriously injured, writes TASS.
Then experts concluded that the attacks were carried out not only by different individuals, but by different shark species. In one case, the mako shark, one of the most aggressive and dangerous predators for humans, behaved like a long-finned shark in the other. As a result, the scientists found that a number of factors led to the tragic events – uncontrolled fishing in the shark habitat, but most importantly, the dumping of dead sheep carcasses from one of the ships that passed a few weeks ago into the sea.
Note that the latest shark attacks near Hurghada may have been provoked by the recent collapse of a barge in the area, according to one version. There were several thousand sheep on board, as the media reported. The current can carry the carcasses of dead animals to tourist resting places and accordingly attract marine predators there.
Source: Gazeta
