Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1703 Carlisle Bay, Southwest coast, BARBADOS

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1703

⏰ Night

📍 Location

Carlisle Bay, Southwest coast, BARBADOS

🌍 BARBADOS

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Hand and foot severely bitten, surgically amputated

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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