Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2019 Molokai Channel/, Hawaii, USA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2019

⏰ 22h20

📍 Location

Molokai Channel/, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 49

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Bite to abdomen & left leg medial thigh

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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