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A Canadian tourist They brought both hands of their hands after being attacked by a shark while snorkeling on vacation in Turks and Caicos when he tried to take a picture with the creature.
The incident occurred on February 7, when the officials of the Department of the Environment and Coastal Resources of Turks and Caicos (Dec) said that the 55 -year -old woman was diving providential, the main island of the archipelago, when she was attacked by a shark .
The authorities said the It was estimated that the shark was approximately 6 feet long. However, the species has not yet been confirmed.
An investigation revealed that the woman had “tried to commit to the animal of shallow waters in an attempt to take pictures.”
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The tourist loses both hands trying to take a photo with sharks in Turks and Caicos
The horrible husband of the woman quickly hurried to the water to try to move her wife’s shark away, The New Zealand Herald reported.
Other terrified spectators also intervened to help women and try to stop bleeding.
She was urgently taken to a local hospital and then flew outside the island to obtain more medical attention, authorities said.
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Aerial view on the Turkish and Caicos Islands
The victim, who was not identified, had to amputate both hands, according to the Visit the Turks and Caicos Island website.
The beaches in the area were closed “in abundance of caution”, but then reopened on Sunday, authorities said.
“The decring would like to urge the public to always know their surroundings, follow local warnings and respect marine life,” authorities said in a statement on their Facebook page.
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“Swim in designated areas, avoid murky waters, never swim alone and don’t try to feed marine wildlife under any circumstance.”
Between 2021 and 2025, it was reported that four people were attacked by sharks, and that all victims survived these attacks, according to the website visit Turks and Caicos Island.
The website reported that one of the incidents occurred on May 23, 2024, when a male resident was diving Leeward Reef on the Northeast Coast of providential when it was attacked by a shark. As a result of the attack, the authorities said the male had to amputate the leg on the knee.
The attack occurs when another shark attack was reported the same day when two American tourists were attacked by a shark after reaching a Popular Beach Resort In the Bahamas.
The authorities said that tourists were attacked by what seemed to be a Toro shark, leaving a woman with serious injuries, while swimming in the waters of Bimini Bay.
The incident remains under investigation, and both women are expected to recover completely.
Mollie Markowitz, Julia Bonavite and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
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