Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Wading Attack

1968 New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1968

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🌍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lower leg severely lacerated

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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