Fatal Attack

1863 Ile de Loss, Conakry Region, GUINEA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1863

⏰ Evening

📍 Location

Ile de Loss, Conakry Region, GUINEA

🌍 GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL "Most of leg torn away . . . Buried on Island of DeLoss on the west coast of Africa"

🦈 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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