Bahamas issues warning after American tourist is killed by sharks
A travel advisory has been issued for parts of the Bahamas after a Californian student was killed in a shark attack while snorkelling.
Jordan Lindsay, 21, of Torrance, California was attacked by three tiger sharks on a trip with her family near Rose Island.
Bahamas Deputy Commissioner Paul Rolle said she died at hospital after sustaining severe injuries, which included having her right arm torn off.
The attack took place in front of her family on the shore. They saw the sharks circling and tried to warn her.
The family was on a snorkelling tour to the island, which is popular for its swimming pigs.
The Bahamian ministry of agriculture and marine resources issued a precautionary advisory.
It said 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’.
The attack is the 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 feeds at night.
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