Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at West Of Dakhla Southern Morocco Morocco — September 15, 2024
Original historical summary
The original reference is retained below. Supplementary source details appear in the fact panel; protected facts and unresolved differences remain unchanged.
A historical reference describes an event at West Of Dakhla Southern Morocco Morocco in 2024-09-15. Recorded activity: Swimming after leaving a yacht. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Fatal.
Original reference details
- Location recorded in the historical reference: West Of Dakhla Southern Morocco Morocco.
- Date: 2024-09-15.
- Activity: Swimming after leaving a yacht.
- Classification: Unprovoked.
- Outcome: Fatal.
Source limitations and unresolved differences
- This restoration uses a supplied historical summary citing the general GSAF incident log, not a case-level primary document. It has not been independently verified.
- Current page is a general-reference restoration; add victim, age, injury, time and case-level source.
Fact panel
- Date
- September 15, 2024
- Date precision
- Exact
- Location
- West Of Dakhla Southern Morocco Morocco
- Country
- Morocco
- Activity
- Swimming after leaving a yacht
- Incident classification
- Unprovoked
- Area / state
- Oued el Dahab
- Person / vessel
- Elena Knorr
- Age
- 30
- Sex
- F
- Time
- 16:00
- Injury / case note
- Leg severed; fatal
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Species
- White shark
- Species confidence
- Reported
- Coordinate precision
- Region
Incident location
West of Dakhla, Oued el Dahab, Morocco
Approximate area: Oued el Dahab
The marker represents the named area, not the exact incident site.
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Location precision: Approximate area
Representative map position for Oued el Dahab from Natural Earth. This marks the general area, not the exact incident site. This is historical location context, not live shark tracking or a measure of risk.
Sources and verification
- Historical incident log (general reference) — Global Shark Attack FileSupports: General reference cited by the supplied historical summary; not independently checked against a case-level record.
- Shark Data Lab case-level GSAF-derived record — www.sharkdatalab.comSupports: Supplementary historical fields; existing reviewed facts retained
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-04.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.