German tourist killed after being bitten by cobra during snake charmer show in Egypt

NewsWorldEuropeGerman tourist killed after being bitten by cobra during snake charmer show in EgyptThe tourist showed ‘clear signs of poisoning’ and required resuscitation, police saidAlex Croft Tuesday 28 April 2026 11:27 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2966283","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/german-tourist-cobra-egypt-snake-charmer-b2966283.html","title":"German tourist killed after being bitten by cobra during snake charmer show in Egypt"}}CloseSnake charmer nearly dies after python tries to strangle him during live show in 2018On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Europe","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}A German tourist was killed after a snake crawled into his tr...