Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1995 Atsumi Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture, JAPAN

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1995

⏰ 10h15

📍 Location

Atsumi Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture, JAPAN

🌍 JAPAN

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 47

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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