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Second vicious shark spotted off Spanish holiday coast in just two days after beach-goers seen fleeing from water
A SECOND vicious shark has been spotted off the Spanish coast in just two days.
Terrified bathers tried to run to safety through waist-high water on Thursday after a shark neared the shoreline off a Costa Blanca beach.
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The incident happened at Aguamarina Beach in Orihuela Costa, south of Alicante, around 10am.
And on Friday morning, footage showed another shark - thought to be a blue shark - lurking in the water at the port in the popular city of Ciutadella in Menorca.
Its early morning appearance close to the shoreline sparked fears it could be injured.
It comes amid reports that the 7ft shark seen at Aguamarina Beach was later found dead a couple of miles north.
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Initial reports suggested it was also a tintorera or blue shark - among the most common in Spain.
The beast sparked chaos as lifeguards blew on their whistles to warn holidaymakers about the big fish and urged them to get out of the sea as quickly as possible.
Footage later appeared to show the lifeless shark lying on its side in the sea close to a strip of sand where people were sunbathing.
In July 2016, a blue shark was blamed for an attack on a holidaymaker in Elche near Alicante.
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The 40-year-old victim was rushed to hospital and given stitches to a wound on his hand.
Medics described the bite as "large" and said he had come out of the sea with blood pouring from the injury.
And in August 2018 tourists fled in panic after a blue shark appeared off the Majorcan beach of Calas de Majorca on the island’s east coast.
It comes days after a tourist was ripped apart by a shark in the Red Sea.
Russian tourist Vladimir Popov, 23, was filmed being attacked by a tiger shark and dragged underwater off the Egyptian resort of Hurghada.
His body parts were later recovered from inside the predator’s belly after it was clubbed to death by beachgoers.
Three chilling reasons why the tiger shark mauled the swimmer to death have been revealed by experts.
A 37-year-old tourist was also ambushed by a shark at a Red Sea resort in Aqaba, Jordan, in June 2021.
The man was parasailing when he suddenly began to graze the ocean.
A shark then leapt from the water and chomped his leg - and the tourist miraculously managed to not get dragged beneath the water.
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He was left brutally bitten and sustained serious injuries from the attack.
In July last year, a tourist was mauled to death by a shark in Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt.
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