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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - CAIRO — A shark attack off of Egypt's Red Sea coastline has left one tourist dead and another injured, officials have said.
In a statement, the North African nation's environment ministry said Sunday's incident occurred north of Marsa Alam, a resort town in eastern Egypt popular with divers.
It added that the attack occurred in "deep waters outside of the designated swimming area".
While the ministry only said that the two victims were foreign, the AFP news agency reported they were Italian nationals, citing an unnamed source at the Italian foreign ministry.
The 48-year-old man who died was a resident of Rome, while the injured man was 69, according to AFP.
Egyptian officials said the two tourists were transported to a hospital in Port Ghalib, around 30 miles north of Marsa Alam.
The swimming area in Marsa Alam will be closed and the incident is being investigated, authorities said.
In the past 10 years, there have been four confirmed fatalities due to shark attacks in the Red Sea, according to data compiled by the independent Shark Research Institute.
The last to occur happened in June 2023 near Hurguda and involved a 24-year-old Russian man. — BBC
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