Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2017 Playa Baghdad, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, MEXICO

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2017

⏰ Morning

📍 Location

Playa Baghdad, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, MEXICO

🌍 MEXICO

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Finger severed by 'dead shark' on boat's deck PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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