Unprovoked Fatal Shark Attack in Lifou Island (Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, South Pacific) by a Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias Eric Clua and Bernard Séret
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American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology Vol. 31, no. 3 (Sept. 2010), p. 281–286
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The case of a fatal, unprovoked shark attack is reported and
analyzed. The incident took place on the 30th of September 2007, in the
lagoon of Luengoni Bay, Lifou Island (Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia). A
young French woman who was snorkeling was severely bitten on the right
thigh and died of hemorrhage. An analysis based in particular on the size and
color of the shark, the characteristics of the wounds, and the behavior of the
shark before and after the bite suggests that the aggressor was a great white
shark, Carcharodon carcharias.