Two ladies killed in shark assaults in Egypt’s Crimson Sea

Two ladies have been killed in shark assaults in Egypt’s Crimson Sea, south of the town of Hurghada, the Egyptian setting ministry has stated.

Two sources instructed Reuters that the physique of a Romanian vacationer in her late forties was found hours after an assault that left a 68-year-old Austrian girl useless. Each assaults occurred inside 600 metres of one another, off the coast of Sahl Hasheesh, in accordance with the sources.

The ministry stated in its assertion on Sunday {that a} committee had been shaped to look at the circumstances of the assaults and any scientific causes behind them.

It additionally talked about that the governor of the Crimson Sea Governorate, Maj Gen Amr Hanafi, has issued an order to droop all exercise within the space surrounding the assaults with a number of seashores being closed.

The primary sufferer was transferred to an area non-public hospital, a supply on the Crimson Sea Well being Affairs Directorate instructed Reuters. He added that there have been makes an attempt to resuscitate her, however she died from her accidents.

A safety supply additionally added that the Austrian girl had been dwelling in Egypt over the previous 5 years along with her Egyptian husband.