Russian citizen dies after being attacked by a shark in Egypt

Environment Minister Yasmin Fuad confirmed the heart attack and sent the work team specialized in the management of the incident “to implement all internationally applied policies to achieve the highest safety standards for visitors to the beaches of the Red Sea and take all possible measures to prevent a recurrence of the incident,” the ministry said in a statement.

“Given the abnormal behavior observed in the shark that caused the incident and the fact that incidents of attacks on humans by this species of shark had occurred before, the specialist work team caught the fish that caused the attack to examine it to determine the reasons for the attack and indicate whether it was the same shark that caused the previous attacks,” the note read.

According to the Russian agency Tass, the victim has been identified as 23-year-old Vladimir Popov.

The Russian consul general in Egypt, Viktor Voropaev, confirmed the death of the Russian citizen in offshore waters. horgada and said he was a permanent resident of Egypt, not a tourist.

Source: El heraldo

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