Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1965 Playa Villa del Mar, Veracruz, MEXICO

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1965

⏰ 18h00

📍 Location

Playa Villa del Mar, Veracruz, MEXICO

🌍 MEXICO

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg & arm bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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