Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1951 Kingston Harbor, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1951

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Kingston Harbor, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA

🌍 JAMAICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 81

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to left hand

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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