Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1983 Andikira Fokithes, GREECE

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1983

⏰ 02h45

📍 Location

Andikira Fokithes, GREECE

🌍 GREECE

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 36

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Coroner determined the man was killed by a boat propeller, not a tiger shark

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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