The woman, 68, was swimming near the resort of Hurghada when she was attacked by the shark. She was barely alive when she arrived at a nearby hospital, according to an Egyptian health official. Having lost a leg and an arm, he died shortly afterwards. The Associated Press reported that the governor of the Red Sea province closed the area for three days. All “sea activities” are prohibited, including diving, snorkeling, wind surfing, kite sailing and fishing boats. Hurghada, a resort town that stretches about 25 miles along Egypt’s Red Sea coast, is particularly known for diving. It is popular with tourists, although it is just beginning to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The video posted online shows the woman being attacked by a Mako shark while she was near the shore. In the video, shot from a nearby pier, the water around her turned red with blood. Passersby threw her a flotation device in an attempt to help her. It is not clear how he managed to reach the shore. Shark attacks are rare in the area. The most recent was in 2020, when a Ukrainian boy lost an arm and an Egyptian tour guide lost a leg. In 2010 a number of attacks left a European tourist dead and several others injured off Sharm el-Sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula, across from Hurghada.
