Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Swimming Attack

1963 Rio Haina Port, Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1963

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Rio Haina Port, Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

🌍 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23 & 26

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL. Eyewitness said, "One was thrown in the air like a basketball, and while in the air another shark took a bite out of his belly."

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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