Fatal Attack

1998 Bilene Bay, 180 km north of Maputo, Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1998

⏰ 15h05

📍 Location

Bilene Bay, 180 km north of Maputo, Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE

🌍 MOZAMBIQUE

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 35

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, torso & abdomen bitten, forearm severed

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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