Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Attack

1881 At Panihattu, Barrackpore, Dackhineshwar, Barahonagore, Kashipur & Chitpur down to Baug Bazar ghats, INDIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1881

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

At Panihattu, Barrackpore, Dackhineshwar, Barahonagore, Kashipur & Chitpur down to Baug Bazar ghats, INDIA

🌍 INDIA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

"More than 20 persons severely bitten by sharks this year. Almost all were fatal"

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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