Fatal Swimming Attack

1928 Taboga Island Bay, Gulf of Panama, PANAMA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1928

⏰ 10h00

📍 Location

Taboga Island Bay, Gulf of Panama, PANAMA

🌍 PANAMA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, multiple injuries including evisceration, 3 fractures of right arm, 5 fingers & leg severed below knee

🦈 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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