Fatal Swimming Attack

2020 Esperance, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2020

⏰ 16h10

📍 Location

Esperance, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 21

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Questionable

🩹 Injury Details

Probable drowning and scavenging

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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