Non-fatal Diving Attack

1975 Cervara, Genoa Province, ITALY

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1975

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Cervara, Genoa Province, ITALY

🌍 ITALY

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 37

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

The press reported this as an attack by a white shark but the diver was the agressor

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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