Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

1954 Hesamabad area of Shushtar, 420 km from the sea, Karun River, IRAN

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1954

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Hesamabad area of Shushtar, 420 km from the sea, Karun River, IRAN

🌍 IRAN

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Survived

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

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

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