The two female tourists were swimming in Bimini Bay on Friday around 6:30 p.m. when they were injured in a suspected shark attack, police said.

Two American women suffered injuries in an apparent shark attack in the Bahamas, local authorities said. The incident is under investigation.

Police are investigating after two female American tourists were apparently involved in a shark attack at a popular Bahamas resort over the weekend.

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,

The two women were reportedly swimming together in the waters off Bimini Bay at about 6:30 p.m. on Friday evening when the vicious predator struck.