Fatal Boating Attack

1964 30 miles from Port Moresby, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1964

⏰ Midnight

📍 Location

30 miles from Port Moresby, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🌍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 32

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

Presumed FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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