A human head was discovered contained in the abdomen of a 10-foot tiger shark caught in Egypt, RadarOnline.com has discovered.
The shark was captured and killed by locals who believed it was answerable for final week’s deadly mauling of Vladimir Popov. The 23-year-old Russian man was swimming off the coast of Hurghada, Egypt, when he was brutally dismembered by a shark.
After Russian marine biologist Dmitry Orlov, founder and CEO of RuDIVE, was knowledgeable of an eyewitness report of Popov’s assault, Orlov believed the tiger shark was the wrongdoer behind two comparable deaths.
Based on the Day by day Star, the eyewitness acknowledged they noticed Popov swimming earlier than he was initially struck by one thing within the water.
“Then I noticed that he now not had a hand. After which a shark appeared,” the bystander recalled. “I instantly realized that he couldn’t be rescued.”
The eyewitness was capable of save a girl who was swimming close to Popov on the time of the assault.
“[She was] in full shock,” the witness continued. “I used to be capable of pull her out of the water and produce her to shore, then instantly swam again to the person.”
Tragically, the heroic bystander was not capable of save Popov and the younger Russian was pulled underwater.
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Popov’s stays had been pulled from the water in items, which had been despatched to the native morgue for additional investigation.
Forensic consultants described the stays as being “disfigured and with many elements lacking.”
Whereas an official post-mortem report has not been launched, it was revealed {that a} hand and head had been discovered contained in the shark, probably belonging to Popov.
Based mostly on the data gathered up to now, Orlov believed the shark concerned within the grotesque assault was additionally answerable for the 2022 dying of Australian vacationer Elisabeth Saue, 68, who was killed snorkeling in the identical space.
A further dying was reported in the identical space, some 650-feet away from the place Saue was mauled.
Orlov alleged the tiger shark was pregnant and appearing out of intuition.
“Final yr there was a pregnant tiger shark,” the marine biologist defined. “She grew to become pregnant once more, and since she can’t totally chase fish, for extraordinary prey, she once more got here, remembering a spot the place there was simple prey.”