British father-of-two, 64, left fighting for his life after horror shark attack is in a '批判的な but stable' 条件 after beast savaged him while swimming

A British tourist is in a '批判的な, but stable' 条件 with his wife remaining by his 味方する as he 回復するs in 集中的な care に引き続いて a horrific shark attack in the Carribean.

Retired IT 労働者 Peter Smith, 64, from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, was mauled by a deadly bull shark just hours before he was 予定 to 飛行機で行く home from his holiday on the island of Tobago with his wife Joanna.

The attack happened 10 metres off the shore 近づく the Starfish Hotel in Courland Bay, on the north coast of Tobago, on Friday morning.

The father-of-two 支えるd 傷害s to his left 手渡す, left thigh and stomach に引き続いて the attack 伴う／関わるing a bull shark 概算の to be eight to 10 feet long and two feet wide, the Tobago House of 議会 said.

Tobago 長，指導者 長官 Farley Augustine told the PA news 機関 that Mr Smith was in a '批判的な, but stable' 条件 at Scarborough General Hospital on Saturday after 外科 had taken place.

Father-of-two Peter Smith, 64, (pictured with his wife Joanna, 62) is in a '批判的な, but stable 条件' after he was was mauled by a shark in Tobago in the Caribbean. His wife, Joanna, remains by his 味方する as he 回復するs in hospital

Peter Smith, 64, from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, lost some of his left 手渡す's fingers and had his 脚 mauled in the attack

He said the man had been holidaying on the island with his wife and friends and had been 予定 to 飛行機で行く home that day.

Mr Augustine 追加するd that the 地元の 政府 was working closely with the British High （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限.

The Foreig n Office said it was supporting the family.

Several beaches and 沿岸の areas were の近くにd に引き続いて the 出来事/事件.

In the 即座の 影響 of the attack, 当局 申し込む／申し出d a $10,000 (£8,000) bounty to anyone who could 逮捕（する） the shark, but this was later 撤回するd.

隣人s of Mr Smith on his leafy 居住の street today 述べるd the 出来事/事件 as 'horrific and traumatic' and said there were shocked to find out about the '悲劇の' 出来事/事件 on their 地元の WhatsApp group last night.

A friend of the couple, who said Mr Smith was now retired, told MailOnline: 'We know them and we believe they are away on holiday. We don't know about much what's going on, we know he's been very 不正に 傷つける [and] there's been a 悲劇の 事故.'

The 隣人 said that he had lived on the street for 20 years and that the Smiths had been there for 'much of that time'.

He 追加するd: 'He's retired but he used to work in IT. He's got a son and daughter who don't live at home now, they've moved away. He's a nice chap, always very friendly.'

A shark (pictured) was spotted furthe r 負かす／撃墜する the coast of Tobago after the attack

The friend said they had spoken to the brother-in-法律 who did not know more 詳細（に述べる）s than what had been 報告（する）／憶測d.

He 追加するd: 'He's in 集中的な care. He was attacked by a bull shark, on the arm and 脚. The people with him, I think they were in the water together, they sort of fended off the shark and 適用するd tourniquets.

'I suppose it's instinct. They sort of got him out of the water and got him to the hospital.'

A second 隣人 told MailOnline: 'It's horrible, it was put on our WhatsApp Group yesterday. It's pretty horrific.'

A third 述べるd the attack as 'pretty traumatic' but did not want to speak その上の while Mr Smith 回復するs.

Tobagonian 長，指導者 長官 Farley Augustine 株d （映画の）フィート数 of the shark to social マスコミ?

Another 隣人 追加するd that he is now retired and plays a lot of ゴルフ in his spare time.

And another said: 'We know them 同様に as you know your 隣人s. He's a nice man, they were always very 肉親，親類d to us.

'He's a big family man, he sees his kids a lot. They're all very の近くに. All of the 残り／休憩（する） of the family are really nice too, I couldn't say a bad word to be honest.'

Other 隣人s said they were shocked by the 出来事/事件 in Tobago but did not know Mr Smith 同様に.

Mr Smith was 急ぐd to hospital in an 救急車.?A few of his fingers were reattached but he has remained in 集中的な care at Tobago's Scarborough General Hospital with '重要な 負傷させるs' to his 脚 that will need '広範囲にわたる work'

The British holidaymaker is 存在 扱う／治療するd?集中的な care at Tobago's Scarborough General Hospital

Father-of-two Peter Smith, 64, from?Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, lost several of his left-手渡す fingers in the attack?yesterday by 海がめ Beach 近づく the Starfish Hotel in Courland Bay, Tobago, at around 9am on Friday.

A few fingers were reattached but he has remained in 集中的な care at Tobago's Scarborough General Hospital with '重要な 負傷させるs' to his 脚 and stomach that will need '広範囲にわたる work'.

Tobagonian 当局 have の近くにd seven beaches as they search for the search to 'neutralise the 脅し' of the shark, which is 10ft long and two feet wide.

（映画の）フィート数 株d by Tobagonian 長，指導者 長官 Farley Augustine showed the shark prowling の近くに to the shore at a nearby beach in Buccoo.

Retired IT 労働者 Mr Smith was on holiday with his wife Joanna, 62, who 作品 for the NHS.?

（映画の）フィート数 after the attack?showed other British holidaymakers surrounding the 負傷させるd father-of-two to 申し込む／申し出 support.?

The Smiths' 隣人s in Berkhamsted told the Mail Mr Smith was a 'family man' who was 'very friendly' and spent a lot of his spare time playing ゴルフ.

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Mr Smith was 扱う／治療するd for his 負傷させるs on the scene before he was taken to hospital

Fellow holidaymakers gathered around the 64-year-old to 申し込む／申し出 their support

'Even while the shark was doing the attack, the other people in the water were 肉体的に trying to fight off the shark.'

British holidaymaker Stephanie Wright, from West Sussex, saw the 影響 of the attack.

She 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.

'I saw s omeone 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 as it swam off.'

Orion Jakerov (pictured), water sports 経営者／支配人 at the Starfish Hotel, said: 'Nobody saw the shark coming'

British holidaymaker Stephanie Wright (pictured), from West Sussex, saw the 影響 of the attack. She said: 'I saw a dorsal fin come out of the water and thought, ''Oh my God, it's a shark'''

A 64-year-old British tourist has been left fighting for his life after 苦しむing a vicious attack from a bull shark while swimming in the sea in Tobago on Friday morning (とじ込み／提出する image)

The 出来事/事件 occurred の近くに to the Starfish Hotel in Courland Bay (pictured), with the 犠牲者 存在 指名するd 地元で as Peter Smith, 64, of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire

Tobagonian 長，指導者 長官 Farley Augustine said the 犠牲者 was with his wife and frie nds and had ーするつもりであるd to 飛行機で行く home later that day.

He said the 地元の 政府 was working with the British High （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 to '確実にする that the family gets all that they need during this difficult time'.

He 追加するd:??'The 仕事 at this time for our health professionals is really to stabilise and 確実にする that we can save life and 四肢 as much as possible.'

A bounty of $10,000 (£8,010) was 申し込む／申し出d to anyone who could 逮捕（する） the shark and move it away from the beaches - but this has now been 撤回するd.

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 also stopped 暗礁 小旅行するs and scuba 飛び込み as a 警戒.

In a 声明 長，指導者 長官 Augustine 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.

'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 saltwater, 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 rare. Last year, there were 69 unprovoked attacks and 22 刺激するd bites 世界的な, along with 14 deaths, によれば the Florida-based International Shark Attack とじ込み／提出する.