Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1899 Port Said, Mediterranean Sea, EGYPT

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1899

⏰ 09h30

📍 Location

Port Said, Mediterranean Sea, EGYPT

🌍 EGYPT

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Forearm, wrist & hand bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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