A series of attacks by sharks on swimmers in Egypt
2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks
Naama Bay, Sharm El Sheikh.
Date
1 – 5 December 2010
Venue
Naama Bay
Location
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Type
Shark attack
Deaths
1
Non-fatal injuries
4
Suspects
1 oceanic whitetip shark + 1 mako shark
The 2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks were a series of attacks by sharks on swimmers off the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. On 1 December 2010, three Russians and one Ukrainian were seriously injured within minutes of each other, and, on 5 December 2010, a German woman was killed when she was attacked while wading and snorkeling in the shallows close to the shoreline. The attacks were described as "unprecedented" by shark experts.
In response to the attacks, beaches in the popular tourist resort were closed for over a week, dozens of suspected “aggressive” sharks were caught and killed, and the local government issued new rules, regarding the banning of shark-feeding and restrictions on swimming. A variety of theories were put-forward to explain the attacks, including overfishing in the Red Sea, causing increased hunger and aggression in the sharks, as well as the illegal, intentional or inadvertent feeding of fish close to shore (which produces scents that attract sharks). Another theory considers the dumping of sheep carcasses in the Red Sea by a livestock transport (during the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha) that may have attracted the sharks closer to shore.
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