A 55-year-old Canadian woman had both her hands bitten off during a shark attack while only a few yards from shore on the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean

The woman, 55, was enjoying a trip to Turks and Caicos last Friday morning when the horrific incident took place just a few yards from the shore.

A tourist is thought to have lost both her hands in a shark attack in the Caribbean after trying to ‘engage’ with the animal for a photo. The Canadian woman, named locally as Nathalie Ross, 55, was attacked in shallow waters off Thompson’s Cove Beach on the Turks and Caicos Islands at around 10.