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Brazil: Tourist Scuba Diver forearm ripped off by shark

Shark attacks Brazilian scuba diver during Unesco marine preserve dive

theguardian.com reported the 33-year-old man is expected to undergo surgery on Tuesday after his forearm was ripped off while vacationing at Unesco site, Fernando de Noronha. A shark ripped off a Brazilian diver’s forearm as he swam off the tropical archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, the first such attack to hit the Unesco world heritage site, authorities said on Tuesday. The 33-year-old scuba enthusiast was vacationing in the protected marine reserve off Brazil’s north-eastern coast when the shark attacked him on Monday during a diving excursion. Read Article

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German Tourist Killed in Shark Attack in Egypt

bbc.com reported a German tourist has been killed in a rare shark attack off an Egyptian Red Sea resort, police say. The shark reportedly bit off the 52-year-old man’s leg at the knee. The attack took place on Sunday off the coastal city al-Qusair, the first such incident in five years. Read Article

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Hapuna Hawaii: Man bitten on arm by shark

A man has been hospitalized for a bite wound to his forearm following an attack by a 10- to 12-foot tiger shark at Hapuna Beach around noon…A Hawaii County Fire Department member scans the shoreline following a shark attack Wednesday in waters off Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area on the Big Island. (Bret Yager/West Hawaii […]

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Australia: Man killed by shark in popular tourist destination

A man has been killed in an apparent shark attack at the popular tourist destination of Byron Bay on the Australian east coast, officials said. An emergency phone call to the ambulance service was made this morning to report that the man, in his 40s ,”had a very serious bite to his leg suspected to […]

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Elderly Canadian tourist injured in shark attack in the Bahamas

Eturbonews.com reports that Bahamas Police on the island Eleuthera say they are investigating a shark on a tourist, but released very little information. The elderly tourist had to be airlifted to Florida after he was attacked by a shark. The victim was a 77-year-old Canadian man. It was reported that he was on a fishing […]

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Diver attacked by shark off Western Australia

NBC News reports that an Australian diver was recovering in hospital Wednesday after surviving his second shark attack in 10 years, according to local media reports. Greg Pickering was diving for shellfish when he was gored by what officials suspect was a great white near the city of Esperance in Western Australia. It was the […]

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United States: Shark bites Dutch woman in shallow water near Florida beach

WPTV News reports that a 45-year-old woman is recovering in the hospital after being bitten by a shark in Ormond Beach. The woman, who is visiting from the Netherlands, was standing in only two-feet of water when it happened. Witnesses say something else likely attracted the shark to the shallow waters. Read article

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Hawaii: German tourist dies from shark attack injuries

As reported by Dailymail.co.uk, a young German tourist has died in a hospital in Maui, Hawaii, one week after she lost her right arm in a horrific shark attack. Lana Lutteropp, 20, had been on life support and in ‘very critical condition’ at Maui Memorial Medical Center since she was pulled from the water last […]

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Shark bites teen surfer’s leg in Pohoiki Bay in Hawaii

As reported by Reuters.com, the 16-year-old, identified to Hawaii News Now by relatives as Jimmy ‘Ulu Boy’ Napeahi, was surfing in Pohoiki Bay in an area known as ‘Dead Trees’ at around 1.30pm Sunday when he was attacked from behind by a shark. The predator has been described as being gray-colored and measuring 8 feet […]

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Hawaii: German tourist loses her arm in apparent shark attack

NBC News reports that a German tourist lost her arm in what appears to have been a shark attack off a Hawaiian beach on Wednesday, Maui County spokesman Rod Antone told the Honolulu Star Advertiser. The woman was with two friends before the apparent attack, according to the paper, and was taken to Maui Memorial […]

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