Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1970 Gijana, 150 km inland, Limpopo River, MOZAMBIQUE

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

📅 Date & Time

1970

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Gijana, 150 km inland, Limpopo River, MOZAMBIQUE

🌍 MOZAMBIQUE

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 12

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Arm severed, thigh bitten

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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