Shark Attack Database

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Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1998 Boa Viagem Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1998

⏰ Late afternoon

📍 Location

Boa Viagem Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, left forearm severed

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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