Shark Incidents

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Fatal Swimming Attack

1898 Nuevitas Harbor, Camaguey Province, CUBA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1898

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Nuevitas Harbor, Camaguey Province, CUBA

🌍 CUBA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, 4 were killed by sharks, 1 survived

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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