Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack

2016 Ain Sokhna, Suez, EGYPT

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2016

⏰ Morning

📍 Location

Ain Sokhna, Suez, EGYPT

🌍 EGYPT

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg severely bitten, surgically amputated above the knee

🦈 Species Information

Mako Shark

This species has been involved in 60 documented attacks in our database.

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