Pictured: EU official mauled to death by shark at an Egyptian resort

An Italian tourist has told how he desperately tried and failed to rescue his friend from the jaws of a tiger shark while the pair holidayed in .

Gianluca Di Gioia, 48, from Rome, had been snorkeling at a beach located in front of the glamorous Red Sea Sataya Resort on the coast of Marsa Alam, before the attack.

The tourist, who worked at the European External Action Service, the diplomatic service of the , was in the sea alongside his friend Giuseppe Fappani, 69, as they celebrated Di Gioia's recent birthday.

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