A dive master survived after he was also bitten, and told park officials that the group had tried to drive the shark away. Costa Rica's Environment Ministry called the attack at the Manuelita dive site an "isolated incident", claiming it was "the first occurrence of this magnitude" off the island. Researchers had previously marked five tiger sharks up to 13ft around the dive site, and none had given any cause for concern, the ministry added. Following the attack, Alan Steenstrup, a sales manager with Undersea Hunter Group, which organised the dive, told the Telegraph that staff were "in shock". A childhood friend told the newspaper: “Rohina was two years junior to me in Sophia High School.

Source: Daily Mirror December 04, 2017 09:36 UTC