Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1961 Near entrance to Dar-es-Salaam Harbour, TANZANIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1961

⏰ 07h00

📍 Location

Near entrance to Dar-es-Salaam Harbour, TANZANIA

🌍 TANZANIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 42

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

PROVOKED INCIDENT Right hand severed by hooked shark

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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