The woman was taken by helicopter to hospital but she died (Picture: Europa Press via Getty Images)
A 30-year-old woman has died near a popular holiday spot after her leg was bitten off by a shark.
The horrific attack took place while she was on a catamaran in international waters 278 miles south-west of Gran Canaria’s airport.
The woman from Germany died in a Spanish Air Force helicopter as she was being evacuated to a Gran Canaria hospital.
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