The Egyptian Ministry of the Environment reported on Sunday the death of two women in a shark attack near Hurghada, a famous seaside resort on the Red Sea, where several beaches have been closed since this incident on Friday.
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"Two women were attacked by a shark while swimming in the Sahel Hachich region, south of Hurghada," the ministry said on its Facebook page, saying an investigation was opened to determine the circumstances of this incident.
"Any activity is prohibited for three days" on the beaches in the south of Hurghada, in the south-east of Egypt, indicated Friday order of the governor of this region of the Red Sea, Amr Hanafi.
The ministry does not specify the nationality of the victims but in its decree, the governor mentions "an Austrian tourist having had her left arm torn off" by a shark.
