Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1948 Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1948

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN

🌍 IRAN

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 38

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

8" x 4" left antecubital fossa of muscle & skin removed PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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