Bahamas issues advisory after American killed in shark attack
A travel advisory was issued for parts of the Bahamas after a California student was killed in a vicious shark attack while snorkelling.
Jordan Lindsay, 21, of Torrance, California was attacked by three tiger sharks on a snorkeling expedition with her family near Rose Island.
Deputy Commissioner Paul Rolle said she died at hospital after sustaining severe injuries including having her right arm torn off.
It took place in front of her horrified family on the shore who saw the sharks circling and tried to warn her.
The family were on a snorkelling tour to the island which is known for its swimming pigs.
The Bahamian ministry of agriculture and marine resources issued a precautionary advisory.
Visitors should ‘exercise extreme caution in and around the waters of New Providence, adjacent islands and cays, in particular the areas of northern shoreline of New Providence, the northeastern shoreline of Paradise Island, Rose Island and along the Montagu Foreshore.’
It is first deadly shark attack in the Bahamas for nearly 110 years.
The Ocean Conservancy said it was unusual to see tiger sharks attack in a pack and doing so in the middle of the day.
The species normally feed at night.
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