A young Russian man was mauled to death by a shark off one of Egypt's Red Sea resorts, according to Egyptian and Russian authorities.
The man, named as Vladimir Popov by Russian media, died after being attacked by a tiger shark in the waters near the city of Hurghada, Egypt's environment ministry said.
Footage circulating online, purportedly of the attack, shows a man thrashing about in the water before being repeatedly attacked by a shark circling him and then dragged under.
The ministry later said the shark had been caught and was being examined in a laboratory to try to determine the reasons for the rare attack.
A 46-mile (74km) stretch of the coastline was closed off by authorities, who announced it would remain off-limits until Sunday.
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Poor shark… just imagine somebody steps into YOUR territory and you kill that guy (cuz you have all the rights to do so) and then they kill you, cruel world we live in… #justicefortheshark 😤
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Relax that how animals kill animals. Live in your world and eat your fucking fish, but come to the no-no zone and you end up as a fuckin mummy in a Egyptian museum
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