The holidaymaker was attacked by a shark while on his honeymoon in the Maldives, suffering extreme blood loss and having his leg amputated after being airlifted to hospital
A tourist is fighting for his life after being attacked by a shark while on his honeymoon in the Maldives.
The holidaymaker suffered extreme blood loss and had to have his leg amputated after being airlifted to hospital. The victim of the attack has been identified as a Spanish gynaecologist called Borja.
Local newspaper El Periodico Mediterraneo said he came from Alicante and had just married a woman from the area called Ana before they headed to the Indian Ocean paradise for their first holiday together as man and wife. Quoting a source close to Ana’s family today, the paper said the shark “took all the flesh from the knee down off her husband’s leg” with just “one bite”.
The horror attack is believed to have unfolded off Kooddoo, one of the inhabitated islands of Gaafu Alif Atoll, on Monday afternoon.
The victim is thought to have been part of a group that entered the water near the Kooddoo fish processing plant – a location known for high shark activity.
He was initially taken to the Ga. Atoll Hospital before being airlifted to Male, the densely-populated capital of the Maldives, and admitted to an intensive care unit at ADK Hospital.
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