Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Attack

1975 Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, BANGLADESH

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1975

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, BANGLADESH

🌍 BANGLADESH

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, of 190 passengers & crew thrown into the water, 50 people were said to have been killed by sharks

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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