Shark attack at Boa Viagem Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Shark attack details: Boa Viagem Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, 02-Nov-1998
Date of attack: Nov 2nd 1998
Location: Boa Viagem Beach, Recife, Pernambuco
Shark species: Though to involve a Great white shark
Name of victim: Claudio Roberto Florencio de Freitas
Age of victim: 22 years old
Sex of victim: M
Activity: Surfing
Injury: FATAL, left forearm severed

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