Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2011 Zheltukhin Island, Peter the Great Bay, Khasan, Primorsky Krai (Far East), RUSSIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2011

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Zheltukhin Island, Peter the Great Bay, Khasan, Primorsky Krai (Far East), RUSSIA

🌍 RUSSIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 16

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to hip, thigh and knee

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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