I watched ‘meat grinder’ shark kill my son in 20 seconds as he screamed ‘papa’ then beast toyed with body for 2 hours

A DISTRAUGHT father has told how he watched his son be brutally killed “in 20 seconds” by a shark in a Brit holiday hot spot. Russian tourist Vladimir Popov, 23, was mauled in the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada while going for a swim. The shark was caught and appeared to be beaten with clubs on the beachEast2West East2WestVladimir was only 23, and cried for his father[/caption] Holidaymakers scrambled from the water and looked on in horror as Vladimir was snared by the tiger shark. Vladimir had yelled to his father to save him as he was dragged under by the killer beast, and now the distraught father has told the tale to local news. Father Yury said: “We went to the beach to relax. My son was attacked by a shark, it all happened in seconds. “This meat grinder happened in 20 seconds, he was just dragged under the water…” The shell-shocked father said: “This is an absolutely ridiculous coincidence, because it is a safe beach.  “There are ships and yachts around. It’s never happened there.  “They usually attack on wild beaches. It is just some kind of evil fate…” The victim had been living with his father in Egypt for several months, prompting speculation he had been avoiding conscription into Vladimir Putin’s cruel war in Ukraine.  The father said he would cremate his son and return the ashes to Russia.  Video shows how the alleged attacking shark had been caught and dragged ashore by a boat.  It appeared to be alive as people clubbed it to death, and it was later confirmed by authorities that the shark had been caught. The dead beast was handed over for research into the causes of its abnormal behaviour, reports said.   Researchers also intend to identify whether the shark is related to one that “caused several previous accidents”. One claimed the shark had killed the man then toyed with his body for two hours in the water.  He said there were no family members around to help him in the water, even though initial reports said Vladimir’s girlfriend had managed to flee the jaws attack.  Russian reports say the victim’s girlfriend is safely in Russia, but witnesses seemed to think she was with him at the time. Another source said: “It seemed to us that his girlfriend was next to him, because she screamed very much.  “The rescuers dragged her onto the boat, after which they rescued two more girls.  “They were all taken away by doctors or the police, because they were in [a state of] shock, hysterical…” One witness said: “All this happened not far from a descent into the sea, next to the ladder, used by  everyone who went into the water.  “At one point, the shark appeared, and immediately bit this man. Rescuers saw this and began to start the boat.  “He tried to swim away from the shark, but he couldn’t.  “It immediately sawed through him, his legs surfaced quickly, and it dragged the body for two hours.” The Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed the death of a citizen from a shark attack. East2WestVladimir Popov was named as victim of the shark attack in Hurghada[/caption] Other beach goers swam away furiously to avoid the shark Horror video showed the shark thrashing him aboutEast2West He tried to fight, but was dragged under the waterEast2West East2WestFishermen dragged the beast ashore[/caption]