Shocking video shows Russian tourist being devoured by shark 

A terrifying video captured the moment a Russian man is being devoured by a shark just feet away from a crowded beach at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

The video shows a shark’s fin approaching a man swimming in the ocean near the beach of the Dream Beach Hotel on Thursday. Nearby beachgoers can be heard yelling at screaming at the frightful sight and hotel staffers tell people to get out of the water.

The man is seen struggling with the tiger shark as the water turns red with blood. "Dad, Dad," you can hear the boy screaming in the video as the shark continues to attack him. Eventually, the man stops moving and the shark takes a final bite, pulling the body underwater.

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According to witnesses, rescuers tried to reach the man using a boat. However, by the time they got to the man, it was too late.

“It happened in a second. Rescuers reacted very quickly. For some reason, I immediately felt that it was a shark. I immediately jumped up and started shouting: ‘Sharks, sharks! Save yourself!’ Nobody understood yet,” a witness told Russia’s REN-TV.

The Russian consul-general in Hurghada, Viktor Voropayev, identified the victim as 23-year-old V. Popov from Russia. 

"The victim was not a tourist, but a permanent resident of Egypt," Voropayev told the Russian news agency TASS.

Popov was swimming with his girlfriend at the time of the attack. However, she managed to escape the attack. Other videos shared on social media show her on the beach crying as bystanders try to comfort her. 

After the attack, tourists have been banned from entering the water near the attack site and closed off a 46-mile (74-kilometer) stretch of the coastline until Sunday.  

A team from Egypt’s Environment Ministry managed to catch the shark later on in the day, according to a statement issued by the agency.