TWO tourists were found dead, with one discovered in the jaws of a shark, after being swept away by strong undercurrents while scuba diving.
Two other tourists were able to swim back safely to their dive boat on Thursday off Verde Island, south of Manila, the Philippines.
One tourist is thought to have been attacked by sharks[/caption]
The scene at the same spot moments before the attack[/caption]
The pair of tourists plunged into a popular diving spot off the idyllic Verde Island[/caption]
Two Russian divers were killed in a horror shark attack in the Philippines[/caption]
Four Russian men aged 18 to 57 travelled via boat off Verde Island with a Filipino dive instructor to dive on Thursday afternoon near the resort area of Batangas on the main island of Luzon.
But disaster soon struck after they and their dive master were pulled apart by the deadly current.
While three of the group were able to come to the surface and safely return to the boat.
But the others, identified as Ilia Peregudin, 29, and Maksim Melekhov, 39, were tragically discovered by rescuers hours later, a Philippine coat guard said on Friday.
The first man that was discovered was pronounced dead on arrival at the local hospital.
Philippine coast guard provincial commander Capt. Airland Lapitan said: “The other one was found at about 4-5:30 pm and retrieved around 5-6 pm.
“When the rescuers found him, he was being pulled by a shark.
“He was eventually retrieved but his arm was missing.”
It was unclear if the man had been killed by the shark or was already dead, Lapitan said.
This is because the bodies were turned over to family members without an autopsy.
Shark attacks in and around the Philippines waters are very rare, with none recorded in at least a year, according to a global database.
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