A tourist is thought to have lost both her hands in a shark attack 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 in the Caribbean at around 10.30am on February 7.

A 55-year-old Canadian woman had both her hands bitten off during a shark attack while only a few yards from shore on the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean

A WOMAN has allegedly lost both of her hands in a horror shark attack that only ended when her husband fought off the 6ft beast. The Canadian who has not been named was mauled off the coast of the

The attack comes after the Cayman Islands, 633 miles southwest of Turks and Caicos, issued a warning about feeding sharks last November.

A tourist was seriously injured after attempting to “take photographs” with a six-foot shark in Turks and Caicos, the government announced Feb 12. in a statement.

A woman has lost both of her hands in a horror shark attack that only ended when her husband fought off the beast, according to reports.

And pretty tragically, this woman had her hands bitten off by a shark after she reportedly ‘tried to take a photo of the animal ’. Named in local reports as Nathalie Ross, the Canadian was in the shallow waters off Thompson’s Cove Beach on the Turks and Caicos Island in the morning of 7 February when the attack took place.

The shark attack happened Feb. 7, off a beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands, 600 miles southeast of Miami, officials said. Facebook video screengrab A tourist visiting the Caribbean had to be flown to a hospital after being attacked while trying to “engage” with a shark,

The woman, 55, was enjoying a trip to Turks and Caicos last Friday morning when the horrific incident took place just a few yards from the shore.