18 when she was speared in the chest by the fish, which may have been either a swordfish or a needlefish, according to various reports. The resort where the incident occurred said it was a ...

Giulia Manfrini, 36, was surfing in the Mentawai Islands the morning of Oct. 18 when she was speared in the chest by the fish, which may have been either a swordfish or a needlefish, according to ...

What is the needlefish? Contrary to initial reports, Giulia Manfrini did not die due to a swordfish but because of a needlefish. Massimo recounts the incident: "We were at sea, assisted by a boat ...

18 when she was speared in the chest by the fish, which may have been either a swordfish or a needlefish, according to different reports. The resort where the incident occurred said it was a ...

An Italian surfer died last week after being impaled by a needlefish in the waters off Masokut Island in Indonesia. Antara, a local news agency, reported that 36-year-old Giulia Manfrini had been ...

The resort said she was hit by a needlefish — like the swordfish, another long fish with an elongated jaw, though the two come from different families. Run-ins with swordfish and needlefish are ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. The body of a surfer killed after being stabbed in the chest by a needlefish in remote Indonesian waters last week is on its way home to her family in Italy.

Italian surfer Giulia Manfrini, 36, tragically died after being impaled in the chest by a needlefish in the Mentawai Islands. The incident happened on Friday, October 18, while she was surfing the ...

Other accounts of the incident, including from the resort where it happened and a witness who spoke with surfing publication The Inertia, described fish as a needlefish. Manfrini suffered a wound ...