Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2017 Playa d’en Bossa, Ibiza Island, SPAIN

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2017

⏰ 12h00

📍 Location

Playa d’en Bossa, Ibiza Island, SPAIN

🌍 SPAIN

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 82

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

2-inch laceration to hand

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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