Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1828 River Sierra Leone, 35 miles upriver from Freetown, Western Area, SIERRA LEONE

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1828

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

River Sierra Leone, 35 miles upriver from Freetown, Western Area, SIERRA LEONE

🌍 SIERRA LEONE

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left arm severed 2.5" from elbow, groin, abdomen, right forearm & hand lacerated, flesh removed from thigh, baring femur. Both arms surgically amputated: left arm above elbow, right arm above wrist. Survived

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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