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List of all shark attacks in brazil

Fatal Attacks

38

Unprovoked Attacks

93

Total Attacks

113

There have been a total of 113 shark attacks in BRAZIL. Out of those, 38 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 33.63%. 93 attacks came out of the blue while 20 have been provoked by humans.

Provoked

Unprovoked

Fatal

Non Fatal

LocationDateTimeSpeciesActivityInjuryFatalPerson
Piedade, Recife 12-09-2009 Cause of death was drowning; his remains were scavenged by sharksYES 34yo Maurício da Silva Monteiro
Piedade, Recife 06-09-2009 AfternoonSwimming, attempting to rescue a girl believed to be drowningFATALYES 15yo Geovanni Tiago Barbosa
Praia do Olho d'Aqua 25-01-2009 Shark involvement prior to death was not confirmedProbable drowning with post-mortem bitesNO 17yo Luciano Guimaraes dos Santos
Olho d'Água 22-01-2009 InvalidSwimmingDrowned, body scavenged by sharkNO 17yo Luciano Guimarães dos Santos
Guarajuba 23-06-2008 MorningSurfingNo injury, board bittenNO Ricardo Garcia Santo Sé
Punta Del Chifre, Olinda 10-06-2008 SurfingLaceration to left leg & footNO 14yo Juan Rodrigues Galvao
Piedade, Recife 31-05-2008 15h00Bull sharkSwimmingHand severed, buttocks bittenNO 14yo Wellington dos Santos
Itamaracá 06-12-2007 2.27 m sharkRemoving fish from a trap20 cm injury to left footNO 28yo Malvis Cristino de Souza
02-09-2006 13h00FATALYES 20yo Darlan dos Santos Luz
Pina 21-08-2006 Shark involvement prior to death was not confirmedShark bites may have been post mortemNO 17yo Tatiano Silva de Melo
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