Tourist killed in shark attack

A GERMAN woman tourist was killed in a shark attack while snorkelling off Sharm el-Sheikh yesterday, in the third shark attack in the Egyptian Red Sea resort in a week, according to one local official.

Mohammed Salem, director of South Sinai Conservation, said she died after a shark mauled her off Naama Bay, a day after Sharm el-Sheikh reopened beaches following two other attacks in which Russians and a Ukrainian were mauled.

“There has been a death unfortunately. She was a German lady. We have taken everyone out of the water,” he said.

Government conservation experts said on Friday they had captured two sharks which they believed had mauled the Russian and Ukrainian swimmers.