A German tourist was bitten on the leg by a shark on Monday and died of a heart attack while being transported to a Spanish rescue helicopter, a coast guard spokesman said.

The 30-year-old woman was attacked by a shark while sailing off the coast of the Canary Islands, CBS News reported. ReportedShe was swimming alongside the boat when the shark attacked.

Emergency services were alerted to the situation and contacted the Moroccan coast guard, which then dispatched a military plane and a helicopter. The ship she was on, the Daliance Chichester, left the Spanish port of Las Palmas on Saturday. According to Visit ship search site vesselfind.com. The vessel is registered as a pleasure vessel sailing under the British flag.

A German tourist was bitten to death by a shark while sailing off the coast of Spain's Canary Islands on Monday. https://t.co/UeylNzm75j

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Unprovoked shark attacks are rare, with only 69 confirmed cases worldwide in 2023. According to According to the Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File (ISAF), ISAF collected a total of 120 shark attack cases that year, but 16 of those were not confirmed. (Related: Wild footage captures fisherman and shark fighting over fish off the coast of California)

Authorities in Texas believe a shark attacked four beachgoers on the Fourth of July, leaving two people bitten, one with a scratch and a fourth who required stitches after the attack.

“I've lived here 14 years and I've never seen anything like this,” South Padre Island Fire Chief Jim Pigg told media about the incident. “This is a very unusual occurrence on South Padre beach. We've had no other sightings or encounters.” [with the shark] Over the past few hours, we will remain vigilant.”

Tamayo Perry, 49, an actor who appeared in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” film series, died in a shark attack in Honolulu, Hawaii, in July. Acting Director of the Bureau of Ocean Safety Kurt Lager told reporters that Perry was “beloved by everyone. He was well known on the North Shore. He was a world-renowned professional surfer.”