It has been determined that the tourist had attempted to engage with the animal from the shallows in an attempt to take photographs,” a news release states.

A tourist is thought to have lost both her hands in a shark attack in the Caribbean after trying to ‘engage’ with the animal for a photo. The Canadian woman, named locally as Nathalie Ross, 55, was attacked in shallow waters off Thompson’s Cove Beach on the Turks and Caicos Islands at around 10.

Two American women are recovering after they say they were attacked by a shark while swimming in The Bahamas. The reported attack occurred on Friday around 6:30 p.m. in the waters of Bimini Bay, where authorities are investigating,