Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1971 Ahvaz, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1971

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Ahvaz, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN

🌍 IRAN

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Survived

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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