Shark Incidents

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Fatal Swimming Attack

2005 Atchin Island off Malakula, Malampa Province, VANUATU

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2005

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Atchin Island off Malakula, Malampa Province, VANUATU

🌍 VANUATU

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 7

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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