inhabitant Russian died today from an attack shark on the beach in a seaside resort Egypt, is located in Red sea, This is the first death in 2023 from the bites of this animal after two tourists died under the same circumstances last year, according to local and Russian media.

“Shark attack in resort town Hurghada this afternoon, suddenly and unexpectedly caused the death of a foreigner,” health sources told Egyptian media. al-masri al-yumwhich indicated that swimming in the area of ​​the incident was prohibited until the threat level was known.

The same sources added that one of the boats was unable to save the citizen, who “shouted for help during the shark attack before being devoured.”

Various media circulated the video posted on twitter, it could not be verified independently in which man appears to be devoured by an animal.

Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad confirmed the attack and led a task force specialized in incident management “to implement all policies applied internationally, to achieve the highest standards of safety for visitors to Red Sea beaches, and to take all possible measures to prevent a recurrence of the incident.” incident,” the ministry said in a statement.

“Given the abnormal behavior of the shark that caused the incident, and the fact that cases of attacks on people by this species of sharks have occurred before, a specialized task force caught the fish that caused the attack in order to study it with the help of find out the reasons for his attack and indicate whether this is the same shark that was the cause of the previous attacks, ”the note says.

According to the Russian agency TASS, The victim was identified as 23-year-old Vladimir Popov.

He consul general Russia in Egypt, Victor Voropayv, confirmed the death of a Russian citizen in the waters of Hurghada and stated that he is a permanent resident of Egypt, and not a tourist.