A Canadian woman “attempted to engage with the animal from the shallows in an attempt to take photographs,” the territory’s environmental department said.

A Canadian tourist lost both her hands when she tried to take a picture with a 6-foot shark while swimming in Turks and Caicos and it bit her.

A 55-year-old woman was on vacation with her husband in Turks and Caicos when she was gravely injured in a […]

A tourist to the Turks and Caicos was severely injured by a shark earlier this month, local officials said. The incident occurred on the island of Providenciales on Feb. 7, according to the Turks and Caicos Islands’ Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR).

A tourist visiting the Caribbean had to be flown to a hospital after being attacked while trying to “engage” with a shark, according to investigators. It happened Friday, Feb. 7, off a beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands, 600 miles southeast of Miami, and the woman is expected to survive. Her identity has not been released.

Canadian tourist Nathalie Ross, 55, is recovering in Canada after a shark attack in the Turks and Caicos Islands that resulted in the loss of both her hands and a chunk of her thigh.

A tourist visiting the Caribbean had to be flown to a hospital after she was attacked while trying to “engage” with a shark for a photo, according to investigators.

Described as a “nightmare” situation, a 55-year-old Canadian was attacked by a 7-foot bull shark while vacationing in Turks and Caicos.