A woman visiting the Bahamas was attacked and killed by a bull shark Tuesday afternoon while she was snorkeling with her family.

The 58-year-old Pennsylvania woman and her family were passengers on Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas. They were visiting New Providence for the day when they booked an excursion. 

“The tour company took the family to Green Cay, which is about a half mile (800 meters) northwest of Rose Island, where a 21-year-old American woman was killed in a shark attack in 2019,” Reuters reported.

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There were reportedly 5-7 people snorkeling off of Rose Island when the shark attack occurred. No one else was injured in the incident.

“The family was reportedly snorkeling in waters and that area is known for visitors to snorkel,” police reportedly said. “It is further reported that family members observed a bull shark attacking the female.”

Police said family members and tour company employees rescued the victim and rushed her to a hospital. She has sustained injuries to her upper body. The woman, who has not been identified, was later declared dead.

The incident comes just a month after an 8-year-old British boy survived an attack by three nurse sharks in the Bahamas. The boy was vacationing with his family when the incident took place. 

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The victim’s father described the attack as a scene out of the movie “Jaws.” 

The boy, identified as Finley Downer, was bitten on both legs by at least three nurse sharks. He was going into a lagoon where he saw the sharks swimming among a crowd of people, his father, Michael, said at the time.

“There was so much blood,” Michael told the Sun. “Bits of his leg were hanging off.”

When Finley screamed for help, his 12-year-old sister managed to pull him out of the lagoon by his arms. He was rushed to a hospital for treatment.

Shark attacks on humans are not very common. In 2021, there were 73 confirmed unprovoked attacks across the globe, of which 9 were fatal, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File.