The US tourist attacked a shark while fishing in the Bahamas

A 63 -year -old American tourist was seriously wounded after he was attacked by a shark while fishing Paham Islands On Sunday, the local authorities said.

The Royal Bahamas Police Force said in a joint statement Facebook The attack occurred shortly after one in the afternoon near Big Grand Cay on the island of Abaku. The officials said the man was seriously injured and was transferred to a local clinic for medical assistance. Then it was transferred to the United States for additional treatment.

The additional information was not immediately available.

The Bahamas owns one of the highest rates of shark attacks in the world, although data shows that they are still very rare.

There have been 34 confirmed attacks in the Bahamas over the past 400 years, According to To the international shark attack, a database that tracks shark confrontations with humans around the world. This number is the ninth higher among all the countries that have been tracked.

Two American tourists were injured yet The apparent shark attack During swimming in the famous Bimini Bay area in the Bahamas Islands area in February. Bay Bayini is part of the Aqsa West Island in the Bahamas, about 50 miles from Miami.

In December 2023, A woman died from Boston The police said at the time the shark attack while rowing with a family member. Soon after, in January 2024, A 10 -year -old boy From Maryland, she maintained a bite while participating in an exploratory trip to the shark residents at the Bahamas Resort. He was taken to the hospital a bite on the leg, according to the police.

Elsewhere, on Friday, Two carnival passengers from the United States sank The authorities said in separate incidents in the new Bahamas Islands resort in Cruz.