Fatal Fishing Attack

1956 Paga Point or Fishermans Island, Port Moresby, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1956

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Paga Point or Fishermans Island, Port Moresby, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🌍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 34

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, tissue removed from abdomen & thigh

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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