Shark Attack Database

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Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2024 Papiesfontein, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2024

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Papiesfontein, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 62

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Provoked incident. Lacerations and puncture wounds to hand and calf from hooked shark

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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