Fatal Attack

1966 Near Belawan, North Sumatra, INDONESIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1966

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Near Belawan, North Sumatra, INDONESIA

🌍 INDONESIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Amputation

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

Sharks said to have killed some of the 80 people lost

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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