Husband tried to ‘wrestle’ 7ft shark that bit his wife’s hands off

The lady had been swimming together with her husband (Picture: Dazely)

The family of a Canadian woman who lost each her hands in a vicious shark attack on holiday have shared how the attack unfolded.

The victim, named as 55-year-old Nathalie Ross, was wading in waist-deep waters in Turks and Caicos when what’s believed to be a seven-foot bull shark brushed against her leg, before biting her thigh.

The lady’s husband said: ‘Not satisfied, the shark got here back again and when she put each hands in front of her to guard herself, the shark cut off each of her hands, one at mid-forearm and the opposite on the wrist.’

Seeing the attack, her husband jumped into motion and put himself between his wife and the shark, helping her to shore before she ‘collapsed’.

The lady had each of her hands amputated – one on the wrist and the opposite partway up her forearm. Her thigh is anticipated to heal.

She was attacked in Thompson’s Cove Beach around 10.30 am on Friday, in the favored resort town of Providenciales.

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‘The shark was estimated to be roughly 6ft in length, nonetheless, the species is yet to be confirmed,’ the Turks & Caicos Islands Government said in a press release.

Footage has since been shared of a shark thrashing about within the water near where the attack happened.

The waters across the Turks and Caicos Islands are home to quite a lot of shark species, including tiger sharks, bull sharks, hammerhead sharks and reef sharks, in accordance with Visit Turks & Caicos Islands.

Earlier this month a teenage girl was killed by a shark near Brisbane in Australia.

Charlize Zmuda, 17, was swimming off Woorim Beach on Bribie Island, Queensland when she was killed.

It was the second fatal shark attack in Australia this 12 months, after Lance Appleby, 28, was killed while browsing off Granites Beach in South Australia.