Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2001 Between St. Maarten & Anguilla, CARIBBEAN SEA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2001

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Between St. Maarten & Anguilla, CARIBBEAN SEA

🌍 CARIBBEAN SEA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

Human remains recovered in shark caught off Anguilla, probable scavenging on drowned body

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

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

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