Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2007 Second Beach, Port St. John's, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2007

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Second Beach, Port St. John's, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 24

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Presumed FATAL, body not recovered

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

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

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