A 30-year-old tourist from Germany visiting the Canary Islands died after she was attacked by a shark while swimming next to her catamaran.

A German tourist died Monday after being severely attacked by a shark while swimming in the ocean near the Canary Islands. The 30-year-old woman lost a leg from the bite and died while she was aboard a Spanish rescue helicopter,

CANARY ISLANDS, Spain (WKRC) - A 30-year-old woman lost a leg from a shark attack and later died. The tourist was sailing off Spain's Canary Islands on Monday when she was bitten by a shark and died of a heart attack in a helicopter while being taken to a hospital, according to CBS News.