Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1595 River Cochin, Kerala, INDIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1595

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

River Cochin, Kerala, INDIA

🌍 INDIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg severed mid-thigh, hand severed, arm above elbow and part of buttocks. Not known if he survived

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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