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Pictured: Deadly bull shark who attacked British holidaymaker just 10 yards from Tobago shore as 64-year-old fights for life with doctors battling to re-attach his fingers and save his mauled leg [Video]

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Peter Smith, 64, from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, lost some of his left hand’s fingers and had his leg mauled in the attack
A few of his fingers were reattached but he has remained in intensive care at Tobago’s Scarborough General Hospital with ‘significant wounds’ to his leg that will need ‘extensive work’
The British holidaymaker is being treated intensive care at Tobago’s Scarborough General Hospital

Water Sports Manager at Starfish Hotel Orion Jakerov witnessed the shark attack which took place at Turtle Beach in Tobago. He gave TTT News an account of what he described as a freak accident. Video Credit: Caricia Douglas pic.twitter.com/QTIQnKirJS

— TTT Live Online (@tttliveonline) April 26, 2024

Tobagonian Chief Secretary Farley Augustine said the victim was with his wife and friends and had intended to fly home later that day.

He said the local government was working with the British High Commission to ‘ensure that the …

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