Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1989 Golfo di Baratti, near Piombino (Tuscany), Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1989

⏰ 10h25

📍 Location

Golfo di Baratti, near Piombino (Tuscany), Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY

🌍 ITALY

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 47

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL. His body not recovered

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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