Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1959 Altona, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1959

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Altona, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17 & 35

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Smith hit by tail of shark, Walker sustained cuts on his wrist PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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