Dubai Shark Video is Not Recent
The Claim
A recent video features a shark spotted in Dubai.
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Following the fatal shark attack that occurred in Egypt, social media users circulated a video purporting to show a shark swimming in Dubai.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the viral video and found the claim to be misleading.
A thorough reverse image search revealed the video making the rounds to be outdated.
Viral Shark Video Is Not Recent
The video was not taken recently. The video was first published online in November 2022, as a giant shark circled two swimmers in Dubai before leaving them peacefully.
According to the video’s caption, the video was shot on Kite Beach in Dubai.
Newsline World’s YouTube channel also published the video in a video report on December 1, 2022.
Footage shared online showed a shark peacefully swimming near the shoreline of Kite Beach, Dubai. The shark seemed to be heading towards a woman, prompting a lifeguard to urgently warn her.
The shark left the scene peacefully without causing harm to anyone.
A Russian Man Was Fatally Attacked by a Shark in Egypt
According to Egyptian and Russian authorities, a Russian man tragically lost his life after being attacked by a shark near a Red Sea resort in Egypt. The incident occurred off the coast of Hurghada, where the man was mauled by a tiger shark.
The Egyptian Environment Ministry reported that they captured the shark and are currently analyzing it in a laboratory to understand the uncommon attack.
While shark attacks are infrequent in the coastal areas of the Red Sea, there were two fatal incidents in 2022 involving the deaths of an Austrian and a Romanian woman in shark attacks at Hurghada, which occurred within days of each other.
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