Elke Maier was mauled by an unidentified shark during a horror beach attack in which the monster fish sank its teeth so deep into her leg that it cut her muscles

A tourist has been left in hospital after falling victim to a horror shark attack at a beach in Thailand. German holidaymaker Elke Maier, 57, was swimming in front of her hotel at Khao Lak beach in Phang Nga when the ocean predator attacked her on Friday.

A TOURIST has been mauled in a bloody shark attack in front of horrified beachgoers in Thailand. Elke Maier, 57, from Germany, screamed in pain when the beast sank its teeth into her leg while she

A German tourist is lucky to walk away alive after being bitten while swimming off Khao Lak Beach in the Phang Nga province of Thailand.

Elke Maier screamed in pain during the attack on Friday. Tourists helped her to hobble ashore as she bled heavily from the gaping 12 inch wound on her left lower leg.