Unprovoked shark attacks are rare in the Bahamas, with just 34 recorded since 1580, according to the Florida Museum’s International Shark Attack File. This ranks the Caribbean country ninth among all tracked countries, with the US leading at 1,640 cases, followed by Australia with 706 and South Africa with 262, the data shows.

Two American tourists have been injured in a suspected shark attack in the Bahamas. The women were swimming in waters off Bimini, the Bahamas' westernmost district about 50 miles east of Miami, around 6:30pm Friday when they sustained injuries to the lower body,

Two Americans were injured in a shark attack in the Bahamas. The incident occurred in Bimini Bay. "Immediately I knew that I was just bit by a shark," one of the women recounts. Two Americans, Summer Layman and Rileigh Decker,

It destroyed my leg basically. It severed my Achilles. My artery is severed, my nerve is severed,” one of the victims told CNN.

Two U.S. tourists were mauled in a suspected shark attack while swimming in the sea in the Bahamas. The Royal Bahamas Police Force has launched an investigation after two women, neither of whom have been publicly identified, were injured off Bimini Bay. The incident occurred at about 6:30 p.m. on Friday, according to police.

One Melbourne woman was released from the hospital after getting bit on the foot by a shark. Her friend remains hospitalized following surgery.