Second woman killed in shark attack off Egypt's Red Sea coast

A second woman has been killed in a shark attack off Egypt's Red Sea coast.

The body of a Romanian tourist in her late forties was discovered near the resort of Hurghada, just hours after a separate fatal attack on a 68-year-old Austrian woman.

Both attacks happened within 600 metres of each other, off the coast of Sahl Hasheesh, and video posted online suggests a mako shark was involved in at least one incident.

Hurghada, a resort town which stretches about 25 miles along Egypt's Red Sea coast, is particularly well-known for scuba diving.

The Governor of the Red Sea Governorate, Major General Amr Hanafi, has issued an order to suspend all activity in the area surrounding the separate attacks.