{"id":2232690,"date":"2024-04-29T13:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/64-year-old-tourist-loses-hand-part-of-leg-after-being-attacked-on-vacation\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T13:18:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:18:04","slug":"64-year-old-tourist-loses-hand-part-of-leg-after-being-attacked-on-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/64-year-old-tourist-loses-hand-part-of-leg-after-being-attacked-on-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist, 64, Suffers Severe Injuries in Vacation Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F64-year-old-tourist-loses-hand-part-of-leg-after-being-attacked-on-vacation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2232690&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A British tourist, Peter Smith, 64, was attacked by \u2064a bull shark in the Caribbean, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graphic-video-60-year-old-man-beaten-with-brick-in-nyc\/\" title=\"GRAPHIC VIDEO: 60-Year-Old Man Beaten with Brick in NYC\">causing severe injuries<\/a>, including a missing hand, severed arm, and leg damage.\u200b The incident took place\u2063 in Tobago, with witnesses recounting the frightening\u2064 encounter. Smith received immediate medical attention and\u2062 ongoing care, with hopes\u2063 of saving his limbs.\u200d Local efforts to \u2063locate and\u2064 euthanize the shark were\u200c initiated.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 29, 2024 at 7:42am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A British tourist is recovering after he was attacked and maimed by a shark on Friday while vacationing in the Caribbean, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/british-tourist-attacked-by-shark-in-trinidad-and-tobago-13123664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to witnesses and local officials, a 10-foot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/florida-fishermen-nab-6-foot-bull-shark-first-weekend-reopened-beaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bull shark<\/a> went after 64-year-old Peter Smith while he swam just about 30 feet from shore off the island of Tobago.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was in Courland Bay near the Starfish Resort in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/caribbean-nations-seek-formal-apology-33-trillion-slavery-reparations-crime-huge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/a> just after 9 a.m. when he was targeted by the shark.<\/p>\n<p>A fellow Briton who was vacationing on the island explained to Sky News what she said she witnessed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw a dorsal fin come out of the sea and I went \u2026 \u2018It\u2019s a shark.\u2019 And as it turned I saw the tail come out as well,\u201d Stephanie Wright said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/holy-grail-shark-science-caught-camera-off-us-coast-first-recording-ever-moment-great-whites-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shark<\/a> attack left Smith with a missing left hand, severing his arm below the elbow.<\/p>\n<p>He also lost part of his left leg and suffered a severe stomach wound, the U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/horror-shark-attack-witness-reveals-32681854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirror<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was taken to a hospital in \u201cstable\u201d condition immediately after the attack.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you have a fear of sharks?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Orion Jakerov, a local who works on the beach, said the attack occurred in waist-deep water. He said other tourists fought off the shark during Smith\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other people in the water were physically trying to fight the shark off while it attacked,\u201d Jakerov said.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shark Attack In Tobago\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HU3Lcm-ynRM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Farley Chavez Augustine, the chief secretary of Tobago, said at a news conference that emergency officials in his country quickly rendered medical aid to Smith and were still looking after him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome reattachments were done, of fingers for example, and hopefully that will save those fingers,\u201d Augustine said, according to Sky News.<\/p>\n<p>He added it appeared Smith\u2019s severed limbs could be saved but no update to the man\u2019s status had been offered as of Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that there\u2019s significant wounds on one of his legs that cannot be completely closed, but he will require extensive work,\u201d Augustine added. \u201cThe task at this time for our health professionals is really to stabilize and ensure that we can save life and limb as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Peter Smith, 64, of Berkhamsted in England, had some of his fingers reattached after he was attacked by a shark while taking his last vacation swim before returning to England on Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MuS8BHsE9V\">https:\/\/t.co\/MuS8BHsE9V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OCS_THA?\">@OCS_THA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FarleyAugustine?\">@FarleyAugustine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SharkAttack_12?\">@SharkAttack_12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AZP News (@AZP_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AZP_News\/status\/1784062963936051368?\">April 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Government officials in Tobago had offered a $10,000 bounty for the shark but later rescinded the offer.<\/p>\n<p>Tobago\u2019s government still hopes to find the animal and euthanize it.<\/p>\n<p>The beach was temporarily closed Friday by local officials.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who was vacationing in the country with his family, had been scheduled to fly back home to the United Kingdom on the day of his attack.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Mirror, 69 unprovoked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/beachgoers-beware-shark-attacks-spiking-major-us-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shark attacks<\/a> were reported globally in 2023, and 14 of them were fatal.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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He is a proud husband and father. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British tourist, Peter Smith, 64, is recuperating after a shark attack in the Caribbean. Witnesses and officials recall a 10-foot bull shark targeting him as he swam 30 feet away. 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