Date24-Sep-1961
TypeUnprovoked
CountryCROATIA
LocationOpatija, northwestern coast of Rijeka Bay
ActivitySwimming
SpeciesWhite shark
InjuryFATAL, hand severed & legs bitten
VictimSabit Plana, Male, 19 years old
TimeEarly afternoon
SourceThe Mid-Ocean News, 9/28/1961; H.D. Baldridge, p.15; A. De Maddalena & C. Moore, GSAF;; Anon. (1961), Giudici & Fino (1989), Fergusson (1996)
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