Fatal Swimming Attack

1951 Ocean baths, Kissing Point Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1951

⏰ 19h10

📍 Location

Ocean baths, Kissing Point Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 42

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, leg severed, shark dragged him through hole in protective net

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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