Shark kills two tourists from Austria and Romania in Egypt’s Red Sea
- Red Sea Governor Amr Hanafi had on Friday ordered the closure of beaches in the area after ‘an Austrian tourist had her left arm torn off, seemingly in a shark attack’
- Romania’s foreign ministry confirmed ‘the death of a Romanian citizen’ which ‘appeared’ to have been caused by a ‘shark attack’ off Hurghada
Two women, one Austrian and the other Romanian, were killed in a shark attack this week off the coast of Egypt, Egypt’s environment ministry and the tourists’ respective foreign ministries said on Sunday.
“Two women were attacked by a shark while swimming” in the Sahl Hasheesh area south of Hurghada on the Red Sea, the Egyptian ministry said on Sunday on Facebook, reporting that both died.
Austrian news agency APA said one of the women was a 68-year-old from the country’s Tyrol region who was holidaying in Egypt.
Austria’s foreign ministry confirmed to Agence France-Presse on Sunday “the death of an Austrian citizen in Egypt”, without providing further details.
Citing information received from Egyptian authorities, Romania’s foreign ministry confirmed to Agence France-Presse on Sunday “the death of a Romanian citizen” which “appeared” to have been caused by a “shark attack” off Hurghada.
Red Sea Governor Amr Hanafi had on Friday ordered the closure of all beaches in the area for three days after “an Austrian tourist had her left arm torn off, seemingly in a shark attack”.