Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2017 Guardalavaca Beach, Holquin Province, CUBA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2017

⏰ 23h30

📍 Location

Guardalavaca Beach, Holquin Province, CUBA

🌍 CUBA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

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

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