Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2023 Playa Quieta, Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, MEXICO

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2023

⏰ Early Morning

📍 Location

Playa Quieta, Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, MEXICO

🌍 MEXICO

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 52

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Questionable

🩹 Injury Details

Injury to lower left leg

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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