A woman has died after a shark bit off her arm and leg at a tourist hotspot in Egypt – as authorities closes sea in the surrounding area for three days. 

The Austrian pensioner, 68, died of ‘painful shock’ – most likely a heart attack – after the attack at Sahl Hasheesh bay, south of Hurghada, in the Red Sea on Friday.

The 68-year-old from Kramsach, Tyrol had been in the country for a month with her partner, an Egyptian, and was due to return home today. 

She was walking in shallow water…