Shark Attack Database

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Non-fatal Diving Attack

1950 East of the Ras Tanura-Jubail area, Eastern Province, SAUDI ARABIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1950

⏰ 2 hrs before sunset

📍 Location

East of the Ras Tanura-Jubail area, Eastern Province, SAUDI ARABIA

🌍 SAUDI ARABIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Tissue stripped knee to foot

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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