Shark Incidents

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Fatal Diving Attack

1966 Butliwan Village, 15 miles north of Rabaul, Duke of York Islands, NEW BRITAIN

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1966

⏰ Midday

📍 Location

Butliwan Village, 15 miles north of Rabaul, Duke of York Islands, NEW BRITAIN

🌍 NEW BRITAIN

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 9

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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