CAIRO: A 12-year-old tourist has lost his hand after a shark attack at the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
The boy’s mother, who is from Ukraine, and their guide were also injured when the two-meter shark attacked them as they were snorkeling.
Egyptian authorities suspended all activities at the popular diving spot of Ras Mohammed after the attack.
The state-run Ahram newspaper said a task group, formed by the Egyptian Environment Ministry, said the attack was carried out by an oceanic whitetip shark.
“The minister has decided to suspend all human activities in the vicinity of the attack in accordance to present global practice in shark attacks on humans,” the ministry statement read.
The ministry said video footage captured underwater at the attack location showed the shark had been acting abnormally and had been hostile toward humans.
The mother sustained wounds and the boy remains in intensive care, Ukraine’s State Agency for Tourism Development said. However, the boy’s mauled hand could not be saved, it added.
Egypt has witnessed several shark attacks in recent years.
A Czech tourist was killed in Marsa Alam in 2018 and in 2010 and a German woman was killed in 2010 during a spate of five attacks in just a few days.
Egypt shuts Sharm El-Sheikh dive spot after boy, 12, loses hand in shark attack
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Egypt shuts Sharm El-Sheikh dive spot after boy, 12, loses hand in shark attack
- Two-meter whitetip blamed for savaging boy, mum and guide as they snorkeled in Egypt
Child injured as Israeli settlers assault Palestinians
- Local authorities decry ongoing efforts to restrict Palestinian livelihoods and displace Bedouin communities
HEBRON: Israeli settlers assaulted a child and attempted to run over several others in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, on Sunday evening.
In Khirbet Rajoum Ali, settlers attacked 12-year-old Salah Ismail Al-Hadra, causing bruises and other injuries.
He was taken to Yatta Governmental Hospital.
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Israeli settlers also chased shepherds in Rajum Ulei, drove livestock into crops, and conducted provocative patrols near homes.
In Khirbet Al-Halawa, settlers chased children tending sheep, assaulted several, and tried to run them over with vehicles.
Masafer Yatta has seen a sharp rise in settler attacks, often under Israeli military protection.
Separately, settlers assaulted farmers plowing land in Khirbet Salama, Kharsa (south of Hebron), injuring locals identified as Ayman Izzat Awda and Diaa Awda.
In Jabal Al-Baba Bedouin community (Al-Eizariya, south of occupied Jerusalem), Israeli forces shot at shepherds grazing sheep in Wadi Al-Hawd.
One was wounded, and another arrested.
Authorities described it as part of ongoing efforts to restrict Palestinian livelihoods and displace Bedouin communities.
Settlers also attacked farmers in Mahfuriya (south of Aqraba, Nablus) while they worked their land, and damaged windows at the home of one person, identified as Munther Shreida, in Al-Shajra, Duma.
In Masafer Yatta, settlers in military-style uniforms detained and abused six residents near Khirbet Al-Fukhit before releasing them.
Settlers also chased shepherds in Rajum Ulei, drove livestock into crops, and conducted provocative patrols near homes.
Late on Saturday, settlers attempted to steal sheep from shepherd Imad Houshiyeh’s herd in Khirbet Al-Markaz but were stopped by local residents.
