Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1942 Savona, Liguria, ITALY

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1942

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Savona, Liguria, ITALY

🌍 ITALY

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 20

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

After he hit the shark with an oar, the shark bit the oar and overturned the boat PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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