Fatal Attack

2024 June 2 Indian Ocean, Maahvah Laamu Atoll, Maldive Islands

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2024 June 2

⏰ 1300

📍 Location

Indian Ocean, Maahvah Laamu Atoll, Maldive Islands

🌍 Maldive Islands

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Wounds to lower extremities Fatal

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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