Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1969 Swan River, 13 miles upstream, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1969

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Swan River, 13 miles upstream, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 15

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left thigh lacerated

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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