Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2005 Uvero, Santiago de Cuba Province, CUBA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2005

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Uvero, Santiago de Cuba Province, CUBA

🌍 CUBA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left foot severed

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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