It has been determined that the tourist had attempted to engage with the animal from the shallows in an attempt to take photographs,” a news release states.

A tourist is thought to have lost both her hands in a shark attack in the Caribbean 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 at around 10.

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