A British tourist is recovering after he was attacked and maimed by a shark on Friday while vacationing in the Caribbean, Sky News reported.
According to witnesses and local officials, a 10-foot bull shark went after 64-year-old Peter Smith while he swam just about 30 feet from shore off the island of Tobago.
Smith was in Courland Bay near the Starfish Resort in Trinidad and Tobago just after 9 a.m. when he was targeted by the shark.
A fellow Briton who was vacationing on the island explained to Sky News what she said she witnessed.
“I saw a dorsal fin come out of the sea and I went … ‘It’s a shark.’ And as it turned I saw the tail come out as well,” Stephanie
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