Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1880 Hoogly River, West Bengal, INDIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1880

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Hoogly River, West Bengal, INDIA

🌍 INDIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 60

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Hands, forearm & left thigh lacerated, radial artery severed

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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