9-Year-Old Girl Suffers Severe Hand Injury in Florida Shark Attack (June 2025)

On June 11, 2025, a 9-year-old girl was bitten by a shark off a Florida beach, sustaining a severe injury to her hand. Family members reported that the hand was largely torn off in the incident. The victim survived the attack. No information regarding the shark species involved was available across the three source reports.

The incident occurred in Florida, United States. No further details about the precise location, the activity the victim was engaged in at the time, or the extent of any subsequent medical treatment were available in the sourced reporting. The species responsible was not identified in any of the accounts.