Fatal Swimming Attack

1931 Vedado Baths, Miramar, Havana, Havana Province, CUBA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1931

⏰ FATAL (Wire netting installed at local beaches after this incident.)

📍 Location

Vedado Baths, Miramar, Havana, Havana Province, CUBA

🌍 CUBA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL (Wire netting installed at local beaches after this incident.)

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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