Fatal Swimming Attack

1817 Colombo, Western Province, SRI LANKA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1817

⏰ Evening

📍 Location

Colombo, Western Province, SRI LANKA

🌍 SRI LANKA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks have no bones.