Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Attack

2002 Cikobia Island (north of Vanua Levu), FIJI

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2002

⏰ 20h00

📍 Location

Cikobia Island (north of Vanua Levu), FIJI

🌍 FIJI

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 15

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, lower thigh & knee severely lacerated

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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