Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1929 Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos Province, CUBA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1929

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos Province, CUBA

🌍 CUBA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Shark attacked his boat, threatening to capsize it. He jumped overboard & shark bit his arm. He knifed & killed shark. Later his arm was surgically amputated

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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