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Tourist Fighting for Life After Losing Leg in Horror Shark Attack at Popular Holiday Hotspot

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A Spanish newlywed is fighting for his life after a horror shark attack in the Maldives left him needing his leg amputated.The man, from Alicante, suffered catastrophic injuries on Monday when when he was viciously bitten while swimming off Kooddoo island in the Gaafu Alif Atoll.Surgeons were forced to amputate his leg following severe blood loss.A relative of his wife told El Periódico Mediterráneo: "With one bite, it took all the flesh from th…

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A shark attack in the Maldives seriously injured a Spanish doctor on a honeymoon. Amputated with a leg, he remains in critical condition. The excursion is now at the heart of a complaint for negligence.

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The victim, a gynecologist from Alicante, was evacuated urgently after a massive hemorrhage suffered during an excursion on her honeymoon.

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A young doctor from Alicante is in serious condition after being attacked by a shark in the Maldives. Borja, 31 years old, is traveling in the Maldives on a honeymoon with his wife. On a water trip, a shark attacked the young Spaniard in a brutal way, getting to tear out much of the leg of the newly married, according to Levante newspaper, citing sources close to what happened. According to the aforementioned media, Borja works as a gynaecologis…

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The man got into the water with a group.

Doctors at a hospital in the Maldives are trying to save a Spanish man who was attacked by a shark during a diving trip. The man lost his leg and remains in critical condition.

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periodistadigital.com broke the news on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
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