Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1964 Tovu, Totoya Island, Lau Group, FIJI

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1964

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Tovu, Totoya Island, Lau Group, FIJI

🌍 FIJI

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Buttocks bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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