This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Réunion.
Reunion is an overseas department and region of France and an island in the Indian Ocean with over 207 km (128 miles) of coastline and hundreds of public and private beaches.
[2] The island was the locale for over 16% of the world's fatal attacks from 2011 to 2016.
[3] The reason for the frequency of fatal attacks has to do with the island's tropical location.
[4][5][6] A study released in 2015 showed Réunion had recorded a remarkable 3.15 shark-related deaths per one million people, by far the highest in the world.