Shark That Ate Russian Man in Egypt to Get Mummified; This is why
Vladimir Popov, 23, a Russian tourist, was eaten alive by the same shark.
Egyptian Shark Attack: A few days ago, on June 9 to be exact, we shared the tragic video of a Russian man screaming for his father as he was pulled underwater by a shark. The video clip of this horrific incident has gone viral on the internet.
The incident took place in the famous Egyptian resort of Hurghada, where 23-year-old Russian tourist Vladimir Popov was mauled and eaten alive by a giant tiger shark while swimming as onlookers watched in horror.
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Tourists stood dumbfounded as a tiger shark chewed up a Russian tourist who was swimming at a beach resort in Egypt
23-year-old Vladimir Popov died in the attack, girlfriend escaped alive. Shark is captured and killed pic.twitter.com/xUsitoCN5X
— Nabila Jamal (@nabilajal_) June 9, 2023
The Egyptian Ministry of the Environment has confirmed that the tiger shark has been captured and will be examined in a laboratory for research while the specialists of an Egyptian museum mummify the shark.
Vladimir Popov, 23, a Russian tourist, was eaten alive by the same shark. The video of the attack was captured on camera. It shows Popov splashing frantically in the ocean before being dragged underwater.
Some of his body parts were recovered from the shark’s stomach, while the rest were retrieved from the sea by fishermen.
Specialists from the Institute of Marine Sciences and the Red Sea Reserves began embalming the animal on Monday, local newspaper Al Arabiya reported.
Once the process is complete, the mummified shark will be on display in the institute’s museum, the New York Post report said.
Egyptian authorities said investigators want to understand the cause of the shark’s behavior and determine whether the animal is related to one that has “caused several previous accidents”.
The attack happened in a second
According to eyewitnesses, the attack happened suddenly, within seconds. Hotel staff immediately raised the alarm and asked swimmers to leave the water.
“It happened in a second. Rescuers responded very quickly. For some reason I immediately felt it was a shark. I immediately jumped up and started shouting, ‘Sharks, sharks! Save yourself!’ Nobody understood it yet,” the Russian channel REN-TV quoted an eyewitness as saying.
Another eyewitness stated that the shark attacked the man right in front of him and he began to tremble with fear. He expressed his condolences to the man.
According to a Russian news outlet, Baza, the man had moved to the resort with his father several months ago.
Russian tourists were warned to be careful when entering the water and to abide by any swimming bans imposed by the authorities.