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Man dies in Egypt’s Red Sea after terrifying shark attack | VIDEO

On June 8, a shark attack shocked Egypt. A 23-year-old Russian man was surprised by the animal while he was swimming at one of the Red Sea resorts.

”A shark attack in the tourist city of Hurghada this afternoon suddenly and unexpectedly caused the death of a foreigner”, Health sources pointed out to the Egyptian outlet Al Masry al Youm.

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The unfortunate attack was recorded on video and later shared on social networks.

According to the pictures, the man screamed for help while the shark devoured him. Sources pointed to EFE that one of the ships that was nearby failed to save him.

after the fact, the victim was identified as Vladimir Popov23, a Russian man who was a permanent resident of Egypt, according to Russia’s consul general in Egypt.

“The Russian died as a result of a shark attack”, declared the consul general, according to the Russian agency Tass, and asked for greater care at sea.

On the other hand, the authorities indicated that swimming has been prohibited in the area of ​​the incident until the level of the threat is known.

Even the animal that provoked the attack was captured to be studied. The Minister of the Environment, Yasmin Fuad, sent a team to the place to establish security measures and carry out the investigation.

“Given the abnormal behavior observed in the shark that caused the incident and the fact that incidents of attacks on humans by this shark species had previously occurred, the specialized work team captured the fish that caused the attack to examine it with the in order to find out the reasons for his attack and indicate if it was the same shark that caused the previous attacks,” the note states, as published EFE.



Source: Elcomercio

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