Two sharks suspected of mauling four tourists at an Egyptian Red Sea resort have been caught, the Egyptian Environment Ministry said Thursday.

 

Sharks attacked tourists on Tuesday and then again the day after, maiming three Russians and a Ukrainian tourist according to the Russian embassy.

 

In one of the attacks, an elderly woman lost her hand and another woman lost a leg.

 

Authorities ordered people to stay out of the waters around Sharm el-Sheikh, a top vacation and diving destination, until the perpetrators were apprehended.

 

The ministry said it caught a 7 foot (2.25 meter) shark weighing 330 pounds (150 kilograms) and a second that was 8 feet (2.5 meters) long, weighing 550 pounds (250 kilograms) near the resort.

 

The sharks were taken to Ras Mohammed Conservation Center to be dissected to see if there were any human remains inside.

 

Mohammed Salem claimed that the Oceanic White Tip was the type of shark observed in both attacks.

 

"Usually these kinds of sharks don't attack human beings but sometimes they have trouble with their nervous system and they accidentally go after people," he told The Associated Press.

 

He added that Eqypt  sees one to two fatal shark attacks a year

 

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  • ahh! sharks are so scary. i wish they didn't find humans so appetizing, cuz then they would be super cool
  • That would have to suck! They probably scared the sharks and the sharks went on that attack. Most sharks don't attack humans unless they get provoked.
  • go for the eyes!! that'll stop the sharks.
  • This is why i have never been swimming in the ocean i don't want to die yet.
  • I hate hearing about this kinda stuff, it makes me sad all day.
  • There are a lot of shark attacks, i know. Im not necissarily scared of them, but if i saw one, then yes!
  • I don't like sharks. If I ever go swimming in an ocean and see one, I'll punch it in the face.
  • Those sharks are lucky that they didn't attack me.
  • wow i dont like sharks peroid an thats so messed up
  • i amglad that the cought the sharks so they will not kill more people.
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