Fatal Attack

1988 Embouchure de l'étang du Gol, Saint-Louis, REUNION

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1988

⏰ 17h30

📍 Location

Embouchure de l'étang du Gol, Saint-Louis, REUNION

🌍 REUNION

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

📹 Learn More About Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks don't get cancer.