Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1961 Opatija, northwestern coast of Rijeka Bay, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, CROATIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1961

⏰ Early afternoon

📍 Location

Opatija, northwestern coast of Rijeka Bay, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, CROATIA

🌍 CROATIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, hand severed & legs bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks are colorblind.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Baby sharks are called pups.