Shark Attacks: Egypt To Reopen Beaches

Egypt is reopening its beaches to tourists again after a series of shark attacks that left one person dead and four others injured.

Tourists at one of the beaches with swimming restrictions

The shores of Sharm el Sheikh have been on lockdown since a German tourist was killed after a shark tore off a piece of her thigh and severed her forearm.
Three Russians and a Ukrainian suffered severe injuries just days before the fatal attack.
One of the swimmers had an arm bitten off while another lost a foot.
South Sinai governor Mohamed Abdel Fadil Shousha said: "We have allowed the beaches to reopen on condition hotel owners adhere to new controls to ensure the safety of foreign tourists while diving or swimming."
Hotel owners will be required to "patrol the sea" and also establish watchtowers along the shoreline, so professional divers can monitor against attacks.

'EXPERTS WANT TO KNOW IF THE SHARK IS ALONE'

Tourists will be required to remain within designated swimming areas and refrain from feeding sharks, Mr Shousha said.
The killing was the first death from a shark attack in Egypt since 2004.
Officials had just lifted a ban on swimming in the area imposed after the first attacks
Mr Shousha said the shark attacks could have been provoked by a ship that threw dead sheep overboard while passing through the Red Sea, whetting the sharks' appetites.