Shark Attack Database

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Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2010 Coral Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2010

⏰ 14h55

📍 Location

Coral Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT

🌍 EGYPT

🏊 Activity

Snorkeling

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 70

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot severed, Right forearm severed, lacerations to left hand (defense wounds)

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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