A tiger shark killed a Russian man swimming at an Egyptian beach filled with people Thursday — including the man’s own father, according to Russian media reports.
“It’s eating his remains now,” one witness who filmed the incident can be heard saying
Egypt’s environment ministry reported on Facebook that a tiger shark was responsible for the man’s death near the Elysees Dream Beach Hotel at the popular Egyptian resort of Hurghad
Russia’s consul general in Hurghada, Viktor Voropayev, told local news agency TASS the victim is 23-year-old Russian “V. Popov,” saying he was not a tourist, but had been living in Egypt for several months, the Daily Beast reported.
