Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Attack

2006 Between Somalia & Yemen, GULF OF ADEN

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2006

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Between Somalia & Yemen, GULF OF ADEN

🌍 GULF OF ADEN

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, beaten & thrown overboard by smugglers, they were killed by sharks

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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