Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2011 Trois-Roches, Saint Gilles, REUNION

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2011

⏰ 18h30

📍 Location

Trois-Roches, Saint Gilles, REUNION

🌍 REUNION

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 32

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left leg severed at the knee

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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