Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1949 Cosenza, Calabria, ITALY

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1949

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Cosenza, Calabria, ITALY

🌍 ITALY

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 21

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right hand severed

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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