Shark Incidents

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Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1868 Trieste, Adriatic Sea, ITALY

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1868

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Trieste, Adriatic Sea, ITALY

🌍 ITALY

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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