File Photo: Egyptian security searches for sharks in the water after a tourist fell victim to a shark attack in Sharm El-Sheikh 6 December, 2010 (Reuters)
Egypt’s environment ministry formed a team of nature reserve researchers from Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh to survey the site where a man was injured in a shark attack between Ain El-Sokhna and Zaafarana-Wadi El-Doum in the Red Sea.
The shark attacked an Egyptian man who was swimming by a fishing boat six kilometres offshore in Ain Sokhna on Saturday, according to Suez governor Ahmed Helmi El-Hiatmi.
The experts, led by the head of the Central Administration for Biological Diversity, will conduct a "quick evaluation" of the situation and issue recommendations, the environment ministry said.
The shark was identified as a mako shark, according to the ministry.
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