AP reported the death of two Russian tourists in the Philippines while diving

"Two Russian tourists died when they were swept away by a strong underwater current while scuba diving in waters south of Manila. It is assumed that one of them drowned, and the other was attacked by sharks," the text of the article says.

According to the Coast Guard, initially there were four Russian tourists — two of them were able to surface together with a Filipino diving instructor. However, two other Russians, identified as 29-year-old Ilya Peregudin and 39-year-old Maxim Melekhov, are missing. An hour later, Melekhov was found unconscious in the sea. Later, doctors at the hospital pronounced him dead.

"Another Russian diver was found during a shark attack. Unfortunately, his right arm was torn off, and the sharks were circling around him," Captain Airland Lapitan, commander of the Philippine Coast Guard, told the agency.

The Reuters news agency reported on February 4 that in Australia, as a result of href="https://iz.ru/1833325/2025-02-04/devuska-podrostok-pogibla-v-rezultate-napadenia-akuly-v-avstralii " target="_blank">shark attacks a girl died. It was clarified that as a result of the attack, the victim received serious injuries, and subsequently died from them.