Shark Attack Database

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Fatal Swimming Attack

2000 Garden Island Resort, Taveuni, FIJI

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2000

⏰ 14h30

📍 Location

Garden Island Resort, Taveuni, FIJI

🌍 FIJI

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 47

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, leg severed

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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