Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2003 Sodwana, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2003

⏰ >08h00

📍 Location

Sodwana, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 21

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Presumed FATAL, severed hand recovered

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

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