Non-fatal Surfing Attack

1988 Mtunzini, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1988

⏰ 07h40

📍 Location

Mtunzini, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 15

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg bitten, surgically amputated

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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