Fatal Bull Shark Attack

2015 Cap Homard, Saint-Gilles-les-Bains, REUNION

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2015

⏰ 09h00

📍 Location

Cap Homard, Saint-Gilles-les-Bains, REUNION

🌍 REUNION

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 13

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

This species has been involved in 223 documented attacks in our database.

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