Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1971 Mirs Bay, HONG KONG

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1971

⏰ Just before dawn

📍 Location

Mirs Bay, HONG KONG

🌍 HONG KONG

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 20

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left leg severely bitten, surgically amputated

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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