Recently, the video of a kayak fisherman's harrowing encounter with a shark has surfaced online. The footage, captured by fisherman Scott Haraguchi's GoPro camera, showed how the giant fish attacked his kayak while he was sitting with his left foot swinging over the side.

WATCH | Fisherman in Hawaii captures dramatic video of harrowing encounter with tiger shark

Maldives is home to one of the largest populations of tiger sharks in the world. Despite their robust diet, tiger sharks do face a challenges to their survival. They are considered near threatened by the IUCN - a status that indicates that they could soon be at the risk of extinction.

WION Climate Tracker: Maldives' tiger sharks soon to be at risk: Experts

Rohina Bhandari was scuba diving with the tourist group of 18 people on the island trip organised by Undersea Hunter Group.

Indian American financier killed in freak shark attack in Costa Rica

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