Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1991 Silverstrand Beach, near Hung Hau, Port Shelter, HONG KONG

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1991

⏰ Between 06h00 & 07h20

📍 Location

Silverstrand Beach, near Hung Hau, Port Shelter, HONG KONG

🌍 HONG KONG

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 65

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Abdomen bitten & leg severed FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger 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.

Sharks are colorblind.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.