DateAug-1963
TypeUnprovoked
CountryDOMINICAN REPUBLIC
LocationRio Haina Port
ActivitySwimming, when caught in heavy seas
Species8 sharks
InjuryFATAL. Eyewitness said, "One was thrown in the air like a basketball, and while in the air another shark took a bite out of his belly."
Victim2 males, Male, 23 years old
SourceA. Gigante, Jr; H.D. Baldridge; M. McDiarmid, p.72
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