Fatal Wading Attack

1868 Ghat, Hoogly River, INDIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1868

⏰ Before 10h30

📍 Location

Ghat, Hoogly River, INDIA

🌍 INDIA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 35

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, upper left thigh, groin & buttocks severely bitten, leg surgically amputated at the hip

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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