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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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John Bett

Inside Egypt's shark attack spate - 'meat grinders', missing tourists and sinister remains

A dad was powerless to help as his son was torn apart by a shark dubbed the 'meat grinder' and killed in just 20 seconds as he looked on from the shore.

The devastated man had to listen to his son cry "papa" as he desperately fought for his life off a beach near the city of Hurghada, one of Egypt's Red Sea resorts.

A short while later, a group caught a large tiger shark they believed to be responsible and beat it to death.

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