Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1946 Ahvaz, on the Karun River, 275 km from the sea, Khuzestan Province, IRAN

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1946

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Ahvaz, on the Karun River, 275 km from the sea, Khuzestan Province, IRAN

🌍 IRAN

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 12

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left Achilles tendon severed, calf muscles severely lacerated

🦈 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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Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

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Great white sharks are the largest sharks.