Fatal Attack

1945 Off Cheribon, Northern Java, JAVA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1945

⏰ Dusk

📍 Location

Off Cheribon, Northern Java, JAVA

🌍 JAVA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Amputation

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

Sharks attacked the swimmers. The sole survivor lost his arm & foot & died of his injuries shortly after being picked up by Javanese fishermen. The incident became known as the Cheribon Atrocity

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks sleep like humans do.