Shark attack, 1961-09-24 (Unprovoked)
Location: Opatija, northwestern coast of Rijeka Bay, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County , CROATIA
Time: Early afternoon
Activity: Swimming
Victim: Sabit Plana (M, age 19)
Injury: FATAL, hand severed & legs bitten  
Fatal: Y
Species: White shark
Source: The Mid-Ocean News, 9/28/1961; H.D. Baldridge, p.15; A. De Maddalena & C. Moore, GSAF;; Anon. (1961), Giudici & Fino (1989), Fergusson (1996)