Fatal Fishing Attack

1970 Inhambe Bay Estuary, 10 to 12 miles inland from the sea, Inhambe Province, MOZAMBIQUE

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1970

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Inhambe Bay Estuary, 10 to 12 miles inland from the sea, Inhambe Province, MOZAMBIQUE

🌍 MOZAMBIQUE

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18 to 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, decapitated and arm severed

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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