Shark Incidents

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Fatal Swimming Attack

1950 Ariakeno Bay, Sago Prefecture, JAPAN

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1950

⏰ P.M.

📍 Location

Ariakeno Bay, Sago Prefecture, JAPAN

🌍 JAPAN

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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