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According to local media, a young Italian tourist died after being attacked by a tiger shark off the Colombian island in the Caribbean Sea and died after he went swimming near a cliff when he was attacked by a shark.
A Colombian navy official told France Press that he died in a brutal attack in an area known as La Piscinita on the southeast side of San Andres in the Caribbean Sea, about 380 kilometers off the coast of Nicaragua.
Local media said the shark attack occurred in an area with few swimmers.
Another Italian tourist, Antonio Stracialini, was attacked by a tiger shark while swimming in the same area of the Caribbean island of San Andres, and Italian media reported that the 56-year-old man from the Abruzzo region in Italy died shortly after.
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A video posted on social media by local newspaper The Archipielago Press shows a group of San Andres trying to catch a shark before it gets too close to marine authorities and they warn that it is illegal to harm or kill sharks.
The reasons for the attack on Mr. Strachialini remain unknown, but experts say the animal’s reaction may be the result of different scenarios.
Colombian actor Victor Mallarino said the shark “can feel that it is trapped, or perhaps flirting with a female while we are in its territory, or that we are trying to take her food, or that it is a female taking care of her cubs.” In a video posted on social media, the shark can feel trapped.
Mr. Malarino, known for his environmental activism and expertise, has accused the media of denigrating the animal and thus killing endangered species.
“If one day someone bites a dog, the solution is not to organize ourselves to go out and kill all the dogs we see,” Mallarino said. Sharks because of the ignorance of people.
