It is understood the 55-year-old had one of her arms amputated below the wrist and the other half way up her forearm

A tourist is thought to have lost both her hands in a shark attack after trying to ‘engage’ with the animal for a photo. The Canadian woman, named locally as Nathalie Ross, 55, was attacked in shallow waters off Thompson’s Cove Beach on the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean at around 10.30am on February 7.

The shark attack happened Feb. 7, off a beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands, 600 miles southeast of Miami, officials said. Facebook video screengrab A tourist visiting the Caribbean had to be flown to a hospital after being attacked while trying to “engage” with a shark,

The woman, 55, was enjoying a trip to Turks and Caicos last Friday morning when the horrific incident took place just a few yards from the shore.

A 55-year-old tourist was injured last weekend in Turks and Caicos after "attempt[ing] to engage" with and "take photographs" of a six-foot shark.