page_title: 2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks
hierarchical_section_title: 2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks
caption_attribution_description: English: Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt): panorama of Naama Bay Nederlands: Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypte): panorama van Naama Bay Français&#160;: Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypte): vue panoramique de Naama Bay
context_page_description: The 2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks were a series of attacks by sharks on swimmers off the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. On 1 December 2010, three Russians and one Ukrainian were seriously injured within minutes of each other, and on 5 December 2010 a German woman was killed, when they were attacked while wading or snorkeling near the shoreline. The attacks were described as "unprecedented" by shark experts.
  In response to the attacks, beaches in the popular tourist resort were closed for over a week, dozens of sharks were caught and killed, and the local government issued new rules banning shark feeding and restricting swimming. A variety of theories were put forward to explain the attacks. This includes overfishing in the Red Sea or on the illegal or inadvertent feeding of sharks or smaller fish close to the shore, which produced scents that attracted more sharks. Another theory considers the dumping of sheep carcasses in the Red Sea by a livestock transport during the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha had attracted the sharks to the shore.
context_section_description: The 2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks were a series of attacks by sharks on swimmers off the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. On 1 December 2010, three Russians and one Ukrainian were seriously injured within minutes of each other, and on 5 December 2010 a German woman was killed, when they were attacked while wading or snorkeling near the shoreline. The attacks were described as "unprecedented" by shark experts.
  In response to the attacks, beaches in the popular tourist resort were closed for over a week, dozens of sharks were caught and killed, and the local government issued new rules banning shark feeding and restricting swimming. A variety of theories were put forward to explain the attacks. This includes overfishing in the Red Sea or on the illegal or inadvertent feeding of sharks or smaller fish close to the shore, which produced scents that attracted more sharks. Another theory considers the dumping of sheep carcasses in the Red Sea by a livestock transport during the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha had attracted the sharks to the shore.
caption: Naama Bay, Sharm El Sheikh.
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