Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack

2006 San Juan Beach, Alicante, SPAIN

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2006

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

San Juan Beach, Alicante, SPAIN

🌍 SPAIN

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 7

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Hand & wrist severely bitten

🦈 Species Information

Blue Shark

This species has been involved in 58 documented attacks in our database.

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