Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1945 Bashamir, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1945

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Bashamir, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN

🌍 IRAN

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Amputation

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 13

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right forearm injured, mid-humeral amputation

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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