It’s eating his remains now,’ said one witness in Russian as blood spread across the water.
Tourists filmed a fatal shark attack on a Russian citizen at a resort in Egypt on Thursday.
A video posted on social media showed the man being attacked, as witnesses looked on from the beach in horror.
It’s eating his remains now,” said one witness in Russian as blood spread across the water, before the victim vanished.
He was later named by Russian media as 23-year-old Vladimir Popov.
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Russia’s consul general in Egypt, Viktor Voropaev, confirmed the death of a Russian citizen in the waters off Hurghada and said he was a permanent resident of Egypt, not a tourist.
“The Russian died as a result of a shark attack,” said the consul general, according to Russian outlet Tass, and warned citizens to be careful at sea.
Local authorities said beaches in the area had been closed as a result.
Fatal shark attacks are rare, with just 11 recorded in 2011, according to the International Shark Attack File run by the Florida Museum of Natural History.