Shark Incidents

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Fatal Diving Attack

1956 Pioneer River near Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1956

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Pioneer River near Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 15

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, large amount of tissue removed from leg, artery severed

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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