Shark Incidents

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Fatal Fishing Attack

1961 Jarque, just south of Piňas Bay, PANAMA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1961

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Jarque, just south of Piňas Bay, PANAMA

🌍 PANAMA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 10

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, hooked shark pulled him into the water PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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