Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Attack

1957 Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1957

⏰ 16h23

📍 Location

Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, right arm broken & stripped of flesh, left hand severed above wrist, lower abdomen, buttocks & thigh bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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