Monday, December 20th, 2010
A Serbian man reportedly has become a hero in Egypt by accidentally killing a shark with his butt while drunk.
Dragan Stevic was soused to the gills while partying at the Red Sea resort Sharm El Sheikh when he inadvertently felled the beast that had been terrorizing tourists for weeks. Stevic cannonballed into the water from a high-diving board, according to a Macedonian news agency.
Instead of making a splash, he came down right on the shark’s head, killing the shark.
The fun-loving party boy was immediately touted as a local hero who saved tourist season, which had dried up after the shark had injured three people and killed one vacationer.
Stevic swam to shore and is currently in the hospital recovering from alcohol poisoning.
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UPDATE: Looks like Serbia has it’s own version of the Onion. Thanks Sarah!
Monday, December 6th, 2010
A 70-year-old German tourist died after being mauled by a shark off the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh yesterday – the latest in a series of shark attacks in the Red Sea over the past five days.
According to security officials quoted by the Associated Press, the woman’s arm was severed in the attack and she died within minutes.
Last week three Russians and a Ukrainian were also badly injured in shark attacks but the Egyptian authorities had said they were confident that the capture and killing of two sharks on Thursday had eliminated the threat to swimmers.
A 48-hour ban on entering the water had just been lifted before yesterday’s deadly attack but beaches, except for diving sites, have been closed again.
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
A pair of sharks suspected of attacking four tourists at an Egyptian Red Sea resort have been caught, the government has claimed.
One woman lost her hand another woman lost her leg as the creatures struck at popular Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday and yesterday.
The sharks were eight and seven feet long weighing between 250kg and 150kg. One was a Mako shark and the other an Oceanic White Tip.
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
According to the Washington Post, an oceanic white tip shark badly mauled four Russian tourists swimming close to their beach hotels in two separate attacks at an Egyptian Red Sea resort.
Director of Sinai Conservation Mohammed Salem said the shark attacked two Russians swimming in the Ras Nasrani area near the famed Sharm el-Sheikh resort in the Sinai Peninsula and bit their arms off.
The same shark may also have been involved in an attack on another pair of Russians on Tuesday swimming close to the resort beach, he added.
The shark badly injured a middle-aged woman’s legs and back and bit off her hand. She had a heart attack and had to be resucitated at the hospital.
The second victim, a 70-year-old woman was found with her right hand and left leg torn off.
Diving instructor Hassan Salem (no related to Mohammed Salem) said he was on a dive at the same time of the attack and was circled by the same shark before it went after the couple.
“I was able to scare the shark away by blowing bubbles in its face, but then saw it swim to a woman and bite her legs,” he told The Associated Press.
Salem said the water turned red with the blood from the attack, and he rushed to take the diver he was training out of the water.
All four victims were flown to Cairo for medical treatment and were in critical condition.
A spokesman for the Russian embassy in Cairo confirmed that two Russians were attacked Tuesday, but he was only aware of a single Ukranian involved in a shark attack the following day. The discrepancy could not be immediately explained.
Mohammed Salem said coast guard authorities were hunting for the shark and have issued a warning for swimmers to stay out of the water.
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
An 8′ shark attacked a 50-year-old female tourist on Tuesday at the popular Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik. The woman, believed to be Russian, was badly bitten on one foot and an arm during the attack, which occurred a few feet from the shore at Domina Coral Bay.
Several people scuba-diving nearby reportedly spotted the shark and and filmed it shortly before the attack.
Lifeguards stationed nearby managed to reach the woman within minutes after she began screaming and floundering in the water. She remained conscious and was taken to nearby hospital.
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
A man was attacked by a shark just 40 ft from shore at beach resort in Egypt.
James Elliott, 26, was having a swim in the waters off the Sharm El Sheikh resort in Egypt when he felt something grab his leg. During the frenzied attack, Elliott, suffered severe injuries, including a severed Achille’s tendon.
He was saved by a passing boat but may never walk properly again.
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