By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
A 64-year-old British tourist has lost his arm and leg after being attacked by a bull shark on the southeastern Caribbean island of Tobago.
According to Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, Peter Smith was in waist-deep water when the attack happened near the Starfish Resort in Courland Bay, a popular tourist destination in Tobago.
According to FOX 11, Los Angeles, Augustine said the bull shark was approximately 8 to 10 feet long, and 2 feet wide.
“He’s lucky to be alive,” fellow tourist Stephanie Wright told a source. “I saw a dorsal fin come out of the water and thought, ‘Oh my God, it’s a shark.’’
Augustine said that the attack happened just 30 feet from the shore on Friday, April 26.
Officials said that the tourist was hospitalized in an intensive care unit following the attack.
He said the victim’s left hand had been severed from the elbow down, his left thigh was also severed, and he also received lacerations to his stomach.
The Chief Secretary said that he had spoken to the British High Commissioner and the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and the agencies were closely monitoring the area.
“Currently, we are doing drone reconnaissance/surveillance, Coast Guard surveillance, and the Department of Fisheries is combing the area to ensure safety,” Augustine said.
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