Shark Attack Database

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Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1968 Otago Harbor, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1968

⏰ 10h15

📍 Location

Otago Harbor, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🌍 NEW ZEALAND

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 24

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, left leg bitten, femoral artery severed

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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