CAIRO, Egypt
\nTwo women were killed in shark attacks in Egypt\u2019s Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment said on Sunday.
\nTwo sources told Reuters that the body of a Romanian tourist in her late forties was discovered hours after an attack that left a 68-year-old Austrian woman dead. Both attacks happened within 600 metres of each other, off the coast of Sahl Hasheesh, Reuters News Agency reported, citing sources.
\nThe ministry said in its statement that a committee had been formed to examine the circumstances of the attacks and any scientific reasons behind them.
\nIt also mentioned that the Governor of the Red Sea Governorate, Major General Amr Hanafi, has issued an order to suspend all activity in the area surrounding the attacks.
\nThe first victim was transferred to a local private hospital, a source at the Red Sea Health Affairs Directorate told Reuters. He added that there were attempts to resuscitate her, but she died from her injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CAIRO, Egypt Two women were killed in shark attacks in Egypt\u2019s Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment said on Sunday. Two sources told Reuters that the body of a Romanian tourist in her late forties was discovered hours after an attack that left a 68-year-old Austrian woman dead. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-269810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n