Shark Incidents

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Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1974 Lokva Rogoznica, Omis, Split-Dalmatia County, CROATIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1974

⏰ 15h00

📍 Location

Lokva Rogoznica, Omis, Split-Dalmatia County, CROATIA

🌍 CROATIA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 21

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot severed FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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