Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1942 Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1942

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 38

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Calf bitten, leg surgically amputated

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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