Horror shark attack leaves Brit tourist, 64, fighting for his life: Holidaymaker 'loses an arm and a 脚' after 存在 mauled while swimming in Tobago
- ?犠牲者 指名するd 地元で as Peter Smith, 64, of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
- ?証言，証人／目撃するs say they saw a bull shark 手段ing 10 feet long and two feet wide
- ?Did you 証言，証人／目撃する what happened? Email fran.wolfisz@dailymail.co.uk
A 64-year-old British tourist has been left fighting for his life after 耐えるing a vicious shark attack while swimming in the sea in Tobago.
The horrific 出来事/事件, which happened の近くに to the shore on 海がめ Beach, on the southwestern 辛勝する／優位 of the island, resulted in the tourist receiving several serious 傷害s, 含むing 'losing an arm and a 脚'.
He also received a laceration to his stomach, The Mirror 報告（する）／憶測s.
The 犠牲者 has been 指名するd 地元で as Peter Smith of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire and he is 現在／一般に in serious 条件 at Scarborough General Hospital, The Telegraph 報告（する）／憶測s.
証言，証人／目撃するs believe a bull shark, 手段ing up to ten feet long and two feet in width, approached Mr Smith just 10 metres away from the shore in waist-深い water の近くに to the Starfish Hotel in Courland Bay around 9am on Friday morning.
A 64-year-old British tourist has been left fighting for his life after 耐えるing a vicious attack by a bull shark while swimming in the sea in Tobago on Friday morning (とじ込み／提出する pic)
The 出来事/事件 occurred の近くに to the Starfish Hotel in Courland Bay, with the 犠牲者 存在 指名するd 地元で as Peter Smith, 64, of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Speaking to Tobago Channel 5, 証言，証人／目撃する Stephanie Wright, from West Sussex, said: 'We saw some people on the beach, and I 初めは thought the gentleman had had a cardiac 逮捕（する）, and I thought they were helping him.?
'And then I saw someone running 負かす／撃墜する with a towel, and then I saw a dorsal fin come out of the water and thought, "Oh my God, it's a shark."
'As it turned, I saw the tail come out 同様に'.
当局 have 一時的に の近くにd off 海がめ Beach and Courland Bay, 同様に as six other beaches in the area, 同様に as 禁じるing 暗礁 小旅行するs and scuba 飛び込み as a 警戒.
In a 声明 地位，任命するd to social マスコミ, 長，指導者 長官 Farley Augustine - who is 同等（の） to the 総理大臣 of Tobago - said: 'Out of an 豊富 of 警告を与える (for the remaining 部分s of today), we are 軍隊d to 一時的に の近くに beaches: Plymouth, Courland Bay, 黒人／ボイコット 激しく揺する, Mt. Irvine, Buccoo, Pigeon Point, 蓄える／店 Bay and all 沿岸の areas in between,' he wrote in a Facebook 地位，任命する.
'現在／一般に, we are doing drone 偵察/監視, Coast Guard 監視, and the Department of 漁業s is 徹底的に捜すing the area to 確実にする safety.'
Bull sharks, which can be 設立する in both fresh and salt water, are known to be one of the more 積極的な types of shark and are 責任がある the 大多数 of 出来事/事件s 記録，記録的な／記録するd の近くに to shorelines.?
They are one of three shark 種類, と一緒に tiger and 広大な／多数の／重要な white that are the most likely to attack humans.
Shark attacks are however rare. Last year, there were 69 unprovoked attacks and 22 刺激するd bites 世界的な, along with 14 fatalities, によれば the Florida-based International Shark Attack とじ込み／提出する.
The horrific 出来事/事件, which happened の近くに to the shore on 海がめ Beach, on the southwestern 辛勝する／優位 of the island, resulted in the tourist receiving several serious 傷害s, 含むing 'losing an arm and a 脚'.
