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This Might Be the First Swordfish Fatality Ever Recorded

For one of the first times ever in history, a swordfish has killed a human, as a 36-year-old Italian woman was fatally impaled by one while surfing in Indonesia. Giulia Manfrini, a surfing influencer and co-founder of surfing-based travel company AWAVE, was visiting the Mentawai Islands Regency to shred the gnar when she was struck “squarely in the chest” by a swordfish, according to Lahmudin Siregar, acting head of the Mentawai Islands’ Disaster Management Agency..

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by: eBaum's Staff
October 25, 2024

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Giulia Manfrini, a surfing influencer and co-founder of surfing-based travel company AWAVE, was visiting the Mentawai Islands Regency to shred the gnar when she was struck “squarely in the chest” by a swordfish, according to Lahmudin Siregar, acting head of the Mentawai Islands’ Disaster Management Agency.

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