Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1949 Leighton Beach, North Fremantle, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1949

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Leighton Beach, North Fremantle, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Human hand recovered from 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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