Brit tourist who was savaged by a Bull shark in the Caribbean is 'now able to communicate', his wife 明らかにする／漏らすs as she thanks friends who stayed in the water to '戦う／戦い' the predator

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A British tourist who was 急ぐd to hospital in 批判的な 条件 after 存在 savaged by a bull shark during a Caribbean holiday is now 'aware of what is happening' and 'is able to communicate'.

Peter Smith, 64, from?Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, lost fingers from his left 手渡す, 支えるd 穴をあける 負傷させるs to the abdomen and 苦しむd a serious 脚 傷害 in the attack by 海がめ Beach 近づく the Starfish Hotel in Courland Bay, Tobago, at around 9am on Friday.

外科医s at Tobago's Scarborough General Hospital managed to reattach several of his fingers but he was kept in 集中的な care with his 脚 in tatters.

Now his wife Jo has said he is awake and communicating with his 医療の team, にもかかわらず remaining in 集中的な care - and 追加するd two friends bravely fought off the shark while Peter was dragged out to safety.

'Peter is aware of what is happening and is able to communicate a little, although he is still under strong 医薬,' Jo said.

She went on to thank 'all those that 補助装置d at the scene, 特に the two friends that remained in the water to 戦う／戦い the shark, and the wonderfully 肉親，親類d people of Tobago for all their help and support'.

Peter Smith, 64, from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, (pictured) lost fingers and 支えるd major 四肢 傷害s in the attack by 海がめ Beach 近づく the Starfish Hotel in Courland Bay, Tobago

外科医s at Tobago's Scarborough General Hospital managed to reattach several of his fingers but he was kept in 集中的な care with his 脚 in tatters?

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

A shark (pictured) was spotted その上の 負かす／撃墜する the coast in Buccoo after the attack

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.

A water sports 経営者／支配人 who saw the attack 10 yards from the shore said fellow holidaymakers tried to fight off the shark, which 'nobody saw coming'.

Orion Jakerov, water sports 経営者／支配人 at the Starfish Hotel, said: 'I don't think hey saw it.

'They were in about waist-深い to shoulder-high water, so they weren't out of their depth.

'I think their 支援するs were turned and they were just lounging around and nobody saw the shark coming.

'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.'

Doctors said Peter 支えるd '重要な 負傷させるs' to his 脚 that will need '広範囲にわたる work', with 証言，証人／目撃するs 報告（する）／憶測ing he had also 支えるd lacerations to his stomach.

Tobagonian 長，指導者 長官 Farley Augustine said the 犠牲者 was with his wife and friends 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 possibl e.'

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 was later 撤回するd after it 誘発するd 猛烈な／残忍な 批評 from 環境保護主義者s.?

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?

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?

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

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

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.