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On Monday evening, the Ministry of the Environment received a report stating that three people were attacked by a shark while surface swimming near the “Shark Reef” dive area in the Ras Mohammed reserve, resulting in injuries. for them, which required their immediate transfer from the scene of the accident to the hospital. Take the necessary medical measures.
Immediately after receiving the report, Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of the Environment, commissioned the formation of a working group of specialists in the South Sinai reserves to study the circumstances of the accident and gather information from all sources, especially from witnesses to the accident who were present in the area at the time of the attack, in addition to analyzing these data and information in accordance with the protocols used internationally in accident investigations. Shark attack on humans.
When following up on social media, one of the divers who worked in the field of safari diving reached an underwater video clip in the area of the accident, and in it appeared a female shark, estimated to be about 2 meters long, of the oceanic shark of white fin that exhibits an unnatural behavior and a behavior characterized by hostility towards Humans, which is probably the fish that attacked the wounded, taking into account the data and information mentioned above.
As a result of the work examining the circumstances of the accident, two of the injured were tourists from Ukraine (a mother and her son), in addition to the guide who accompanied the group of tourists, which had 7, in the start-up of a dive center in Sharm el-Sheikh, some of whom were diving and others were swimming. The surface, “Al Shark Reef”, in the Ras Mohammed reserve.
The injured child, who was in the group, was attacked by a shark, resulting in an injury, forcing the group to climb into the shallow area of the coral reefs and seek help with the launch used in the deployment. From the trip.
As the boat approached the group and threw a life buoy at them, and as the group swam in the direction of the boat, the shark repeated its attack on three individuals, including the child who was attacked the first time, resulting in injuries. to all of them.
The Task Force’s interpretation of the incident has ended, which was caused by the size of an oceanic whitetip shark of about two meters.
As soon as the Ministry of the Environment was certain of the circumstances and causes of the accident, Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of the Environment, issued instructions to stop all human activities in the immediate vicinity of the attack, in accordance with the following internationally in cases of shark attacks on humans, which is a precautionary measure to ensure that the attack on other people is not repeated during the days after the accident.
The Ministry of the Environment emphasizes that the work team in charge of examining the circumstances of the accident is still carrying out its work tasks to precisely reach the causes of the behaviors that resulted from the shark that caused the accident towards the injured.
The Ministry of the Environment regrets the injuries sustained by the injured and wishes them a speedy recovery. Expresses its sincere thanks and appreciation to all concerned authorities for their support of the task force, and specializes in thanking the Governor, Major General Khaled Fouda, the Director of Security and the medical team whose efforts contributed to saving the injured .
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