Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Bull Shark Attack

1944 Lake Nicaragua (fresh water), NICARAGUA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1944

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Lake Nicaragua (fresh water), NICARAGUA

🌍 NICARAGUA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Some killed & others severely injured

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

This species has been involved in 223 documented attacks in our database.

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